jury, The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (both American and British volumes), Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, and The Journal of Trauma. Se-

The field of musculoskeletal trauma continues to benefit from advances in basic science, improved methods of treatment (both operative and nonoperative), innovation in surgical de-vices, and more sophisticated research methodology, with emphasis on comparative clinical trials and appropriate as-sessment of outcomes. The emphasis on evidence-based man-agement continues in the literature and in presentations at academic conferences. For this year’s summary of advances in orthopaedic traumatology, the authors again reviewed all issues of Act