Internet: Friend and Foe

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Welcome to the current issue of our Journal, in which several articles emphasize the shoulder and address topics of current interest to this subspecialty. I particularly recommend the article by Werner and his colleagues, in which they address the unexpected risks that may be encountered in patients who have bariatric surgery after total shoulder arthroplasty, including increased rates of periprosthetic instability and loosening. Similar investigations have been undertaken in patients who have bariatric surgery either before or after total hip or knee arthroplasty. An emerging body of literature increasingly suggests that bariatric surgery does not reverse many of the risks of surgery in obese patients and that bariatric surgery may result in nutritional abnormalities that negatively affect surgical outcomes. The article by Werner and his colleagues is an important read for all. …