AAOS Plain Language Summaries Assist with the Shared Decision-making Process

Barbara Krause

To assist in the dissemination of evidence-based information, AAOS has developed Plain Language Summaries of its CPGs to support physician-patient communication and the shared decision-making process.

AAOS PSC Addresses Musculoskeletal Cortisone Injections and COVID-19 Vaccine Administration

The AAOS Patient Safety Committee recommends avoiding musculoskeletal corticosteroid injections for two weeks before and one week after COVID-19 vaccine administration.

It Is Time for Spine Surgeons to ‘Own the Bone’

Fred R.T. Nelson, MD, FAAOS, FAOA; Alan M. Reznik, MD, MBA, FAAOS

Approximately one in five patients who undergo spine surgery have osteoporosis.