AAOS Now, December 2025
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AAOS 2026 features hands-on learning for every career stage
Case-driven sessions, interactive workshops, OrthoDome®, and Specialty Society Day — the AAOS 2026 Annual Meeting is your chance to sharpen skills, explore innovations, and network with the global orthopaedic community.
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Instructional Course Lecture panelists emphasize a ‘bottom-up’ approach to calculating orthopaedic costs
Although there has been increased education around defining and collecting Patient-reported outcomes, there has been less guidance on quantifying and understanding the cost side of the value equation.
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Ultrasound can play a key role in evaluation, management of musculoskeletal conditions
High-frequency, nonaudible sound — ultrasound — has only been harnessed by medicine in recent history.
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Patients 50 years or younger show favorable midterm outcomes after reverse total shoulder arthroplasty
An ePoster presented at the AAOS 2025 Annual Meeting shows improved pain relief and function after reverse total shoulder arthroplasty (RTSA) in patients aged 50 years or younger.
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Older patients with pre-existing anemia face significantly worse outcomes after hip fracture surgery
An ePoster presented at the AAOS 2025 Annual Meeting reported the results of a five-year study investigating the effects of pre-injury anemia on morbidity and mortality risk for geriatric patients with hip fractures.
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AAOS 2025 Showdowns recap: Surgeons face off in debate on rotator cuff repair options
On the last day of the AAOS 2025 Annual Meeting, “Showdown: Augmentation of the rotator cuff repair” provided a cheeky (but studiously polite) debate, highlighting different ways to augment cuff repairs, including biologics, grafts, and other techniques.
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AAOS ICL focuses on baseball pitchers with elbow issues and how to evaluate, repair, and reconstruct UCL tears
For orthopaedic surgeons, spring brings a wave of baseball pitchers presenting with elbow issues.
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Study: Arthrodesis and arthroplasty show similar benefits for end-stage ankle arthritis
A study presented at the AAOS 2025 Annual Meeting reported that ankle arthrodesis (AA) and total ankle arthroplasty (TAA) are both effective for end-stage ankle arthritis (ESAA) up to 8 years.
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Collaboration between orthopaedic and plastic surgeons on trauma and tumor cases has intriguing benefits
Multidisciplinary collaboration between orthopaedic surgeons and plastic surgeons — often called “orthoplastic” surgery — is vital for successful limb salvage in the setting of tumor or trauma.
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Fresh osteochondral allograft transplantation is a promising option for athletes with osteochondritis dissecans of the capitellum
Researchers from Kaiser Permanente found that fresh osteochondral allograft transplantation (FOCAT) demonstrated favorable mid-term outcomes for the resurfacing of osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) lesions of the humeral capitellum.