Norman T. Kirk: reassessing standards of success in the rehabilitation of amputee veterans by Poon, Wai Yee

“…In the context of military medicine, amputee veterans are situated somewhere in-between military and civilian medicine. Surgeon General of the United States Army, Norman Thomas Kirk was one of the most prominent figures in orthopedic surgery in the military. …”
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Fight like a Nerdy Girl: the Dear Pandemic playbook for combating health misinformation by Leininger, LJ, Albrecht, SS, Buttenheim, A, Dowd, JB, Ritter, AZ, Simanek, AM, Valentino, M-J, Jones, M

“…Indeed, the impact of harmful information during the pandemic has been so profound that premier scientific leaders including the Director-General of the World Health Organization and the U.S. Surgeon General have issued urgent calls for the health sector workforce to proactively fight back.3,4 Like many other scientists, our all-woman team of “Nerdy Girls” took seriously this call. …”

Evaluation of Osteoconductive Scaffolds in the Canine Femoral Multi-Defect Model by Luangphakdy, Viviane, Walker, Esteban, Shinohara, Kentaro, Pan, Hui, Hefferan, Theresa, Bauer, Thomas W., Stockdale, Linda, Saini, Sunil, Dadsetan, Mahrokh, Runge, M. Brett, Vasanji, Amit, Yaszemski, Michael, Muschler, George F., Griffith, Linda G.

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Attitudes and Beliefs about Placebo Surgery among Orthopedic Shoulder Surgeons in the United Kingdom by Wartolowska, K, Beard, D, Carr, A

“…CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: Surgeons generally agreed that a placebo component to surgical intervention might exist. …”

Current practice regarding the use of fatty livers: a trans-Atlantic survey. by Imber, C, St Peter, S, Lopez, I, Guiver, L, Friend, P

“…We found that current practice policies differ not only between nations, but also among centers in each country. US surgeons generally follow a more conservative approach, with greater emphasis on histological assessment. …”

Current practice regarding the use of fatty livers: a trans-Atlantic survey. by Imber, C, St Peter, S, Lopez, I, Guiver, L, Friend, P

“…We found that current practice policies differ not only between nations, but also among centers in each country. US surgeons generally follow a more conservative approach, with greater emphasis on histological assessment. …”

Should the nail plate be replaced or discarded after nail bed repair in children? Nail bed INJury Analysis (NINJA) randomised controlled trial: a health economic and statistical an... by Stokes, JR, Png, ME, Jain, A, Greig, AVH, Shirkey, BA, Dritsaki, M, Cook, JA

“…BACKGROUND:<br>Nail bed trauma is one of the most common surgically treated paediatric hand injuries in the UK. Despite surgeons generally expressing a preference to replace the nail plate after repairing the nail bed, there is limited evidence to support this practice. …”