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First metatarsophalangeal arthrodesis cuts walking pain
Editor's Pick: Surgery Versus Watchful Waiting for First Metatarsophalangeal Joint Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Controlled Trial (Annals of Internal Medicine, 2026)
Welcome to This Week in Orthopedics. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning the surgery-versus-conservative-care question in foot and knee degeneration, joint preservation and arthroplasty durability across hip, knee and shoulder, and two spine papers that challenge how we read imaging and plan alignment. Let's dive in.
This week's papers:
Surgery Versus Watchful Waiting for First Metatarsophalangeal Joint…
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