This Week in Orthopedics — Jun 21, 2026

AudioScholar Orthopedics Weekly (India) · Jun 21, 2026 · 11m

Welcome to This Week in Orthopedics. This week we're covering nine notable papers spanning long-term outcomes in joint reconstruction, biological and metabolic enhancements in sports medicine, and critical complication profiles in hip and knee arthroplasty. Let's dive in.

This week's papers:

Tibia-first, gap-balanced patient-specific alignment in total knee arthroplasty achieves better ligament balance than mechanical, kinematic and functional alignment strategies. — Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy 2026

Biologically enhanced anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction…