Orthopedics Edition: Top Headlines for Week of August 11, 2025

In this edition, we look at how state opioid cap laws impact total joint replacements, how nutrition affects orthopedic surgery and more.

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State opioid cap laws may reduce opioid fills after total joint replacement

Nutrition may be key to muscle, bone health after surgery

Should malnutrition screening occur before orthopedic surgery?

Pyrocarbon hemiarthroplasty with glenoid reaming may improve outcomes for young patients

Physicians under pressure in name, image and likeness era

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Thirukumaran CP, et al. JAMA Netw Open. 2025;doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.4448.