Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

11/13/2025

"The relationship between patchwork quilters and orthopaedic surgeons bears remarkable similarities: Both endeavors require focused concentration to prevent errors, often while sewing things together," writes Stuart Green MD in the latest column. "As the quilters learned during the Red Cross WWI project, active participation in a time-consuming, voluntary effort yields long-lasting personal fulfillment."

Read more in here: https://ow.ly/a4Sw50Xrmzb

11/12/2025

In a meta-analysis that included nearly 1 million patients, Johnstone et al. found no evidence of increased cancer risk after THA or TKA, regardless of implant type, at a mean follow-up of 8 years.

"This is certainly a reassuring conclusion. But are we there yet? Not quite," writes Joshua J. Jacobs MD in a commentary. "In aggregate, the limitations (identified in these studies) point not only to the need for continued surveillance, but also to the need for novel analytic approaches."

Read the article here: https://ow.ly/zZE150XqA40

Read the CORR Insights commentary here: https://ow.ly/wzGH50XqA3V

11/11/2025

In a study on upper extremity injuries sustained during the Israel-Gaza conflict, Prat et al. found that gunshot wounds were more likely to involve severe nerve injuries and fractures that required aggressive surgical management, whereas explosive injuries often presented with extensive soft tissue damage, burns, and embedded foreign bodies.

"Our findings suggest that the localized, yet forceful nature of gunshot wounds leads to more targeted nerve disruption, which may be underappreciated in current combat trauma planning," the authors write.

Read the study here: https://ow.ly/8l1M50XqaSU

11/10/2025

: Last chance! The submission deadline for CORR's selected proceedings from the 34th Annual Musculoskeletal Infection Society Meeting (MSIS) is Sunday, November 16, 2025.

Submit your paper here: editorialmanager.com/corr

11/09/2025

🚩Free to read until Nov. 15: At a pediatric orthopaedic clinic, Abraham & Shirley show the utility of PowerPoint presentations as a patient education tool, with 60% of parents rating them as their preferred method of receiving information.

"While having a presentation for every diagnosis is not necessary or feasible in a busy clinic, these presentations may have the greatest utility in addressing common conditions that warrant a shared decision-making process," the authors write.

Read the study here: https://ow.ly/zXEY50XoGoj

11/07/2025

In this month's spotlight article, Vitha et al. found that US Navy servicemembers ran the 1.5-mile about 47 seconds slower after surgery for Achilles tendon repair, but these scores improved by the second Physical Readiness Test about 1 year later.

"Achilles tendon ruptures may have prolonged functional consequences in populations with high physical demands," the authors write, "(but) the gradual improvement seen in subsequent run scores highlights the potential for continued recovery."

Read the study in here: https://ow.ly/QLZS50XoEnV

Read the Editor's Spotlight/Take 5 interview with senior author Cory Janney MD (free all month!) here: https://ow.ly/CBVp50XoEnW

11/06/2025

In a study on lower extremity injuries sustained during the Israel-Gaza conflict, Prat et al. found that gunshot wounds more often led to open fractures while explosive injuries resulted in higher amputation rates.

"Our findings provide important insights into modern urban warfare injuries, particularly in settings where both military personnel and civilians sustain trauma within densely populated areas," the authors write.

"This study differs from previous reports of conflicts involving Israel as about half of the injuries were caused by gunshot wounds and the other half by explosive munitions," writes Paul Dougherty MD in a commentary.

Read the study in here: https://ow.ly/UZcI50Xo1wc

Read the CORR Insights commentary here: https://ow.ly/Uqvv50Xo1w8

11/05/2025

"Whether on the battlefield or in the clinic at home, our charge is the same: to provide the best possible care for the servicemember, whose readiness and recovery remain central to our profession," writes Daniel J. Stinner MD, PhD in . "Each manuscript [in the selected proceedings of this issue] reflects the collaboration, scientific rigor, and steadfast dedication that define SOMOS."

Read his editorial comment on the selected proceedings from the Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeons 2024 annual meeting here: https://ow.ly/cWMO50Xnu9m

11/04/2025

Last month, published an editorial about the unprecedented rise in AI-assisted letters to the editor we had received in the first 6 months of 2025. Turns out that we are not the only ones concerned about this trend.

In an article published yesterday in Science, Jeffrey Brainard reports on the current trend of AI-written letters to the editor, which is being driven in large part by a small group of recently prolific authors: https://ow.ly/4t6t50XmNTZ

"If we lose the confidence of the people who are reading these journals, you’ve really lost everything, and you aren’t going to get it back easily. And so this uncritical acceptance of these [AI] tools, to me, is a problem.” - Seth Leopold MD, editor-in-chief of CORR

New study reinforces worries about “mass production of junk” by unscrupulous scholars aiming to pad their CVs

11/03/2025

🚩 Free to read through Nov. 8: In , Walker et al. found that the vast majority (90%) of patients in the military were able to return to duty after THA, and younger age was an independent risk factor for medical separation.

"In addition to these core findings, Walker et al. uniquely suggest that military service branch may impact the likelihood for military separation or retention, noting a higher rate of retention for Navy versus Army servicemembers," writes James A. Keeney MD in a commentary.

Read the article here: https://ow.ly/8xX650Xm6WV

Read the CORR Insights commentary here: https://ow.ly/I2XR50Xm6WU

11/01/2025

🚩 Free to read all month: "People will always come to me and ask, 'How do I teach my dog to do this trick?' But, for me, training is not teaching skills," says William Berloni in this month's conversation with Seth Leopold MD. "Training is teaching the animal to want to listen and learn, because once that animal is motivated to learn, I can teach it anything."

Read this fun conversation (and see pictures of dogs!) in the November 2025 issue of here: https://ow.ly/CAxt50Xl9UB

10/30/2025

In , Chen et al. propose a novel technique for chronic patellar tendon reconstruction using semitendinosus autografts combined with scar tissue repair that improved patient-reported outcomes and functional measures at the 1-year mark.

Read the article here: https://ow.ly/Ia8Z50XkARW

Read the commentary by Hongsen Chiang MD, PhD here: https://ow.ly/lIX650XkARS