Just arrived - Velys robotic knee replacements starting @nottmhospitals.bsky.social this week!

Efficacy of Adjunctive Antiseptic Lavage Solution in Managing Acute Hip/Knee Prosthetic Joint Infection: A Comparative Study in a Tertiary Revision Center Debridement, antibiotics and implant retention (DAIR) procedure is well-established as a management option for acute periprosthetic joint infection (P…

Our latest paper from @nottmhospitals.bsky.social on antiseptic solutions (Bactisure) in acute periprosthetic hip & knee infection is now available to read in Arthroplasty Today - www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Channelling some @generalortho.bsky.social vibes in the free afternoon!

Looking forward to catching up with friends & colleagues at the European Knee Society meeting in Zermatt, & presenting our work. But first… it would be rude not to…!

@theonion.com nails this…

Seen in the other place…

Amazingly my kids’ school doesn’t have a bulletproof strong room in the corner.

But that’s because the U.K. had 1 school shooting in 1996 then massively restricted gun ownership…

Back at work today & playing with robots again… happy new year everyone!

Very pleased to see our latest research from @nottmhospitals.bsky.social published online at the Journal of Arthroplasty

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At what point is it more economical to build new hospitals than keep trying to patch up poor quality old buildings that aren’t energy efficient & aren’t best laid out for modern practices?

Bluesky Social media as it should be. Find your community among millions of users, unleash your creativity, and have some fun again.

To see surgical pictures, like the ones published in journals:
go to the WEBSITE bsky.app, then “settings”, then “moderation” and allow adult content. You can then select what you want to see.

This can’t be done in the app.

#medsky #orthosky

Please amplify. This is a huge problem on this site

Looking at recent election results, there may be something to be said for the “strange women lying in ponds distributing swords” approach…

Ah, now we see the violence inherent in the system! Come & see the violence inherent in the system!!

You can add me too

Solothurn looking beautiful as always. An enjoyable day talking about #Velys robotic total knee replacements!

People of Bluesky. Let’s get to know each other better. What is your favourite movie?

Quote share your answer only in gif form.

#filmsky

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I didn’t really want to “like” this… just terrible…

The main gate of the former Auschwitz I camp with the 'Arbeit macht frei inscription.

We are on @bsky.app.

Please consider following @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social where every day we commemorate the victims & educate about the tragic human history of Auschwitz.

Repost please.

Let’s make it happen!

A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #2,486,027, Ben Bloch ‪@blochortho.bsky.social‬, joined on Dec 13, 2023"

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,486,027!

This should be the default here too…

Practice your talk - lots! Make sure it fits the time slot. Get others to check your slides for legibility

Speak slowly & clearly & make “eye contact” with the audience

Relax - most talks at conferences don’t get many difficult Qs… try to enjoy it!

Molly says hello too

Battle chess was great. I recall we had a similar vintage Apple Mac LC475 - cost about £3k I think!

Weight-bearing pain and implant migration, progressive radiolucencies, radiolucency more than 2 mm and subsidence on radiographs and CT are generally accepted criteria for knee arthroplasty loosening:... Level V.

2. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39126268/

Visible fluid motion on manipulation as the new threshold for intraoperatively determined knee arthroplasty component loosening: A Delphi study - PubMed Level V.

Not sure how many #OrthoSky contacts are on here, but here goes...

I'm honoured to have been part of an international consensus group on loosening of total knee replacements with Prof Hirschmann, and delighted to see our 2 papers out online ahead of print:

1. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39010716/

So… finally found a Bluesky invite code! Any of the other ortho crew here?!

I’m a hip & knee arthroplasty / revision knee surgeon based in Nottingham, UK. Also to be found on Twitter & Threads as @bloch_ortho