View the best in orthopaedic video education

Be sure to visit the Multimedia Education Center to study the very latest in orthopaedic digital-media–based education. Come to the Center, located in the Venetian Hotel, Level 2, Hall D, to view this year’s distinguished programs. The Multimedia Education Center is open Wednesday through Friday, from 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and Saturday from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

A choice of 32 stations

With 32 viewing stations, this year’s Multimedia Education Center gives visitors front row seats to evaluate leading edge techniques, surgical anatomy, and more for the very best in orthopaedic education. The 2008 award-winning instructional programs are featured at Stations

1-7. Stations 8-31 include new video and multimedia programs, grouped by anatomic area—adult reconstruction/hip (8-10); adult reconstruction/knee (11-15); hand and wrist (16); shoulder/elbow (17-24); sports medicine/arthroscopy (25-29); pediatrics (30); and tumors (31). Station 32 features an “encore presentation” of a 2008 award-winning program.

Award-winning multimedia programs

The seven award-winning programs were selected by the Multimedia Education Center Subcommittee, chaired by Gene R. Barrett, MD. The winning programs were chosen for their high production values, technical quality, educational merit, and clinical relevance.

This year’s outstanding programs are as follows:

Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Reconstruction Using an Endoscopic Technique with a Patellar Tendon Autograft by Bernard R. Bach, MD; Andrew J. Riff, BS; and John-Paul H. Rue, MD.

Augmented Lateral Ankle Ligament Reconstruction by Nicholas A. Abidi, MD, and Brian Martin, PA-C.

Hemiarthroplasty for Comminuted Peritrochanteric Fracture by Ravi V. Shah, MD; Abhijit Kale, MD; Savyasachi C. Thakkar, MS; Chandrashekhar J. Thakkar, MD; and Nandu S. Laud, MD.

Hip Arthroscopy: Surgical Techniques and Pitfalls by Scott D. Martin, MD.

Shoulder Clinical Examination: An Anatomical Dynamic View to Better Understand How the Tests Work by Filippo Castoldi, MD; Marco Baronetti, MD; Francesco Caranzano, MD; Federico Dettoni, MD; Davide Blonna, MD; and Roberto Rossi, MD.

The Key to the Knee: A Layer-by-Layer Video Demonstration of Lateral and Posterolateral Anatomy by Eric W. Fester, MD; Justin P. Strickland, MD; and Frank R. Noyes, MD.

Treatment of Infected Total Hip Arthroplasty with PROSTALAC® Device: Indications and Surgical Technique by William G. Hamilton, MD.

Thanks to authors

“Video remains one of orthopaedic education’s most helpful and widely used instructional tools,” said

Dr. Barrett. “The award-winning video programs and selections that are showcased each year in the Multimedia Education Center illustrate our members’ commitment to lifelong learning. We are deeply indebted to our program authors for their voluntary contributions, without which the Multimedia Education Center would not be possible.”

2009 Annual Meeting News
Wednesday through Saturday, February 25 – 28, 2009.
http://www.aaos.org/news/acadnews/2009/AAOS4_2_25.asp