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Similar Cosmetic and Satisfaction Outcomes with Staples vs Subcuticular Suture Wound Closure in TKA

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Tibial Fixation in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

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Similar treatment time and pain in tension-band plating vs stapling for hemiepiphysiodesis

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Wound closure choice directly translates into procedural costs in total knee replacement

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Shoulder instability: High failure rates observed with arthroscopic transglenoid sutures

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Vertebroplasty for osteoporotic fractures yield no benefit over placebo at 2-years

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Standardized manual therapy and home exercise program beneficial for chronic rotator cuff

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Vertebroplasty ineffective in reducing pain for osteoporotic vertebral fractures

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Single- and double-bundle ACL reconstruction offer similar clinical outcome at 24 months

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AAOS: Barbed sutures may be a plausible option for wound closure in TKA