Editorial: Estimating Survivorship in the Face of Competing Risks

Patients ask two main questions when considering an orthopaedic reconstruction: (1) Does it work? And (2) will it last? We have devoted a great deal of space on the Editorial and Spotlight pages of Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® to the question of efficacy, and we have considered its importance in many areas. How big of a difference is a patient likely to detect [5]? Have we overlooked women as we design laboratory and clinical...