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Back on Your Feet: Broken Hips Appear to Heal Faster With Team Approach
2020–2021 Orthopaedic Journal
The Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery is pleased to publish this fifth edition of the UT Southwestern Orthopaedic Journal. This issue captures the theme of resilience and growth we’ve seen in UTSW’s Orthopaedic Surgery program during the 20-21 academic year.UT Southwestern, Scottish Rite for Children Researchers Study Effects of Pandemic on Youth Athletes
More teenage athletes experienced depression and anxiety during the early weeks of the pandemic, when COVID-19 restrictions curtailed sports activities, according to a survey of 600 child and adolescent athletes.UTSW Orthopedic Surgeon Honored for His Work on Diabetic Limb Salvage
In the U.S., 73,000 lower limb amputations are performed every year on people with diabetes, and many of those patients will die within two years due to decreased activity and other factors.Creating a Regenerative Microenvironment to Augment the Healing of Childhood Bone Necrosis
Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease, also known as juvenile osteonecrosis of the femoral head, causes debilitating osteoarthritis in half of the children it affects.UT Southwestern Orthopaedic Surgeon First in Texas to Use AR Shoulder Replacement Surgery
UT Southwestern Medical Center is one of just 15 surgical centers in the world using next-generation augmented reality (AR) in the operating room for shoulder arthroplasty.Putting a Protein into Overdrive to Heal Spinal Cord Injuries
Using genetic engineering, researchers at UT Southwestern and Indiana University have reprogrammed scar-forming cells in mouse spinal cords to create new nerve cells, spurring recovery after spinal cord injury.RESTORE Program Provides Special Care for Seniors with Fractures
UT Southwestern is providing new hope for older adults who suffer fractures and the complications that can result from those injuries with the new Returning Seniors to Orthopedic Excellence (RESTORE) Program.