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This Week in Orthopedics — Jun 6, 2026
Welcome to This Week in Orthopedics. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning the impact of metabolic disease on surgical outcomes, new insights on technology in arthroplasty, and refinements in spine and sports medicine techniques. Let's dive in.
This week's papers:
Do Perineural Dexamethasone and Dexmedetomidine Improve Analgesia and Inflammatory Response After Lumbar Spine Surgery? — Clinical orthopaedics and related research 2026
MCP-1 Exacerbates Diabetic Rotator Cuff Tear by Driving Synovial Inflammation via MAPK/ERK-Mediated Macrophage Polarization. — Journal of shoulder and…
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