Journal Scan: Highlights of Australian Orthopaedics

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The following 10 papers have been chosen to represent recent highlights of Australian orthopaedics. With so many quality papers to choose from, the decisions were difficult and arbitrary. The papers selected are not intended to represent the top 10, although all are excellent, but to present a breadth of material. Notably absent from the publication list, but a definite highlight of Australian orthopaedics, is the Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry (www.​aoa.​org.​au/​jointregistry.​asp). The registry began collecting data in September 1999. As of December 2006, data have been collected for 332,700 hip or knee arthroplasties performed in 271,188 patients. The information from this registry undoubtedly will provide invaluable information regarding the effectiveness of different types of joint replacement prostheses and surgical techniques. …