AAOS Now, June 2023
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A Meeting of Minds: Town Hall Gives Platform to AAOS, FDA, and Industry
A special event at the AAOS 2023 Annual Meeting was billed as a “Town Hall with Key Leaders from AAOS, FDA, and Industry” to address the topic of innovation in orthopaedic medical devices, products, and technology.
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Placement of Anchor in Arthroscopic Suprapectoral Biceps Tenodesis Influences Postoperative Pain
A study presented during the AAOS 2023 Annual Meeting found that biceps tenodesis suture anchors that are placed medially and inferiorly were predictors of postoperative biceps pain (BP) following arthroscopic suprapectoral biceps tenodesis (ASPBT).
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Study Reveals Wealth of Data on Sports Injuries among U.S. High School Athletes
A recent study, presented as a poster at the AAOS 2023 Annual Meeting, provided updated epidemiological data on sports-related injuries among high school students in the United States.
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Study Explores Injury-protection Value of Prophylactic Knee Brace Usage in NFL Offensive Linemen
Devon Ackerman recalls that in his days as an offensive lineman for his college football team, he was strongly encouraged to wear bilateral metal knee braces for knee injury prevention.
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Does Graft Choice Alter Risk of ACLR Revision and Reoperation?
Approximately 100,000 anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstructions (ACLRs) are performed each year in the United States, making it one of the most common surgical procedures.
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PARITY Trial Researchers Earn 2023 Kappa Delta Ann Doner Vaughn Award for First-ever International RCT in Orthopaedic Oncology
In 2011, Michelle Ghert, MD, FRCSC, and her colleagues saw a major challenge in patients undergoing limb salvage surgery for bone sarcoma.
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AAOS Welcomes New Members during 2023 Annual Meeting
During the AAOS 2023 Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, AAOS President Kevin J. Bozic, MD, MBA, FAAOS (then vice president); Membership Council Chair Elizabeth G. Matzkin, MD, FAAOS; and reception guest speaker James R. Ficke, MD, FAAOS, FACS, welcomed AAOS members who joined in 2022 or 2023.