Registry Program Opportunities at the Annual Meeting

The AAOS 2021 Annual Meeting has many offerings for attendees who are participating in the AAOS Registry Program or thinking about participating, including presentations by registry experts, poster submissions, access to knowledgeable staff, and more.

AAOS Launches Upper Extremity, Shoulder and Elbow Toolkits

AAOS is pleased to announce the addition of two new toolkits to its roster: Upper Extremity Fractures and Shoulder and Elbow.

The ‘Nightstick Fracture’ Often Signals Intimate Partner Violence

Terry Stanton

A study indicated that up to one-third of women who sustain a fracture to the ulna bone of the forearm may be victims of intimate partner violence (IPV).

Study: IV Dexamethasone Reduces Persistent Pain after Total Knee Arthroplasty

Rebecca Araujo

A randomized trial found that the use of perioperative IV dexamethasone significantly decreased persistent pain after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) compared to placebo.

‘When in Doubt, Refer’: Avoid Unplanned Resections of Soft-tissue Masses

Terry Stanton

A study that will be presented today found that despite standard educational grounding about initial evaluation and management of soft-tissue masses, “Orthopaedic surgeons continue to make what may turn out to be the mistake of an unplanned resection.”

Study: Rib Fixation Lowers Mortality but Not Vent-free Days after Flail Chest Injury

Terry Stanton

A study investigating surgical fixation of unstable chest wall and flail chest injury found no improvement in ventilator-free days (VFDs) or other outcomes compared to nonsurgical treatment across the entire patient population.

Do THA Patients Have Better Outcomes at Public or Private Hospitals?

Ariel DeMaio

As the number of total hip arthroplasties (THAs) performed in the United States each year continues to grow, federal agencies have implemented new payment models to lower costs and improve the quality of patient care associated with these procedures.

Is Telemedicine Living Up to Its Potential to Resolve Health Disparities?

Ariel DeMaio

Telemedicine has the ability to mitigate geographic and physical barriers to care, but amid a greater use of telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic, new barriers to access have been identified that may ironically widen disparities in healthcare outcomes.

Survivorship, Dislocation Rates Unchanged by Use of Dual Mobility Implants in THA

Ariel DeMaio

Use of cementless, monoblock dual mobility implants in primary total hip arthroplasty (THA) failed to reduce the risk of dislocation, with a dislocation rate of 3.2 percent and survivorship of 93 percent, according to a study that will be presented today at 11:20 a.m. in Ballroom 20A.

Cato T. Laurencin, MD, PhD, FAAOS, Receives Kappa Delta Ann Doner Vaughn Award

Cato T. Laurencin, MD, PhD, FAAOS, was named the 2021 Kappa Delta Ann Doner Vaughn Award recipient for his 30 years of scientific research in musculoskeletal regenerative engineering, the field which he founded and brought to the forefront of translational medicine.

Farshid Guilak, PhD, Receives Kappa Delta Elizabeth Winston Lanier Award

Farshid Guilak, PhD, and his coauthors, Bradley T. Estes, PhD, and Franklin T. Moutos, PhD, received the 2021 Kappa Delta Elizabeth Winston Lanier Award for their research and development of technology to grow bioartificial cartilage using a patient’s own donor cells.

Barry P. Boden, MD, FAAOS, Receives OREF Clinical Research Award

Barry P. Boden, MD, FAAOS, was honored with the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF) Clinical Research Award, which recognizes outstanding clinical research related to musculoskeletal disease or injury.

Lin Han, PhD, Receives 2021 Kappa Delta Young Investigator Award

The 2021 Kappa Delta Young Investigator Award was given to Lin Han, PhD, for his research on the structure and function of cartilage extracellular matrix (ECM) and its impact on tissue regeneration and disease evolution in osteoarthritis (OA).

Hot off the Presses: Latest Orthopaedic Knowledge Update and More at the AAOS Resource Center

While at this year’s Annual Meeting, be sure to stop by the AAOS Publications booth in the Resource Center in Academy Hall.