Since the surgeon is the method, how can surgeons improve their method?

Thursday, April 30, 2026 9:58 AM

Intelligence that is not artificialAs craftsmen, each of us surgeons want to get better at our craft.Because much of what we do turns out well for our patients, our greatest opportunity for improvement comes from studying the instances ...

Reducing periprosthetic infection risk in shoulder arthroplasty: what the current evidence supports

Thursday, April 23, 2026 6:36 PM

A Bit of BackgroundA shoulder periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is among the most significant complications a patient, a surgeon, or a health system can face. It is difficult to diagnose, difficult to eradicate, and disproportionately ...

Component malposition and clinical outcomes in shoulder arthroplasty - are they related?

Sunday, April 19, 2026 2:12 PM

It seems intuitive that substantial malposition of shoulder arthroplasty components can lead to poor clinical outcomes.  The assumption that malposition drives poor outcomes has become the rationale for investment in three-dimensional ...

Glenoid component version in anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty- does it matter?

Sunday, March 29, 2026 8:13 PM

 Almost 30 years ago Gilles Walch called our attention to arthritic glenoid retroversion. Morphologic study of the glenoid in primary glenohumeral osteoarthritisFrom that point on, there has been great interest in the version of the ...