European Accreditation for Continuing Medical Education (CME) The UEMS-EACCME® has provided an international accreditation system applicable throughout Europe for CME meetings for the last 12 years. Over that time, significant developments have occurred in CME-CPD that have included international mutual recognition agreements with the USA and Canada, and major changes in the regulatory framework…
Patellar eversion during total knee replacement: A prospective, randomized trial The results of this trial showed that retracting rather than everting the patella during total knee arthroplasty resulted in no significant clinical benefit in the early to medium term. We observed no increase in patellar tendon shortening as a result of eversion rather than…
Effects of bracing in adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis Bracing significantly decreased the progression of high-risk curves to the threshold for surgery in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. The benefit increased with longer hours of brace wear. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24047455
Journal Club In this page, that is regularly updated, FORTE educational committee presents some recently published interesting studies that attracted the interest of the Orthopaedic community. Readers are welcome to comment on the articles!
