RT Journal
A1 Swiontkowski, Marc F.
A1 Tolo, Vernon T.
T1 The Case Report Redefined with JBJS Case Connector
JF The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
JO The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
YR 2013
FD January 16
VO 95
IS 2
SP 97
OP 97
DO 10.2106/JBJS.9502edit
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.9502edit
AB 
The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery has published case reports since its inception as the first scholarly scientific journal dedicated to musculoskeletal medicine and surgery more than 125 years ago. For the last twenty-five years, The Journal’s approach to publishing case reports has been guided by Dr. Henry Cowell’s editorial published in JBJS in June 1987. As the Editor-in-Chief at the time, Cowell stated, “The purpose of a Case Report is to report new information about a rare or unusual condition, a new or improved method of diagnosis of a particular condition, or a new or improved method of treatment of a particular condition.”1 Acceptance rates for the publication of case reports that have been submitted have hovered around 9% to 10% in the recent past.