Board of Directors Approves CPG/AUC on Prevention of SSI after Major Extremity Trauma

Barbara Krause

During their March meeting, the AAOS Board of Directors approved the Clinical Practice Guideline and correlating Appropriate Use Criteria on the Prevention of Surgical Site Infections after Major Extremity Trauma.

AAOS Endorses AAHKS CPG on Multimodal Analgesia for Total Joint Arthroplasty: Focus on Oral Medications

Charles P. Hannon, MD, MBA; Yale A. Fillingham, MD, FAAOS

A multidisciplinary group of 35 orthopaedic surgeons and anesthesiologists collaborated on the formation of a clinical practice guideline (CPG) on multimodal analgesia in total joint arthroplasty (TJA).

AAOS Endorses AAHKS CPG on Multimodal Analgesia for Total Joint Arthroplasty: Focus on Non-oral Therapies

Charles P. Hannon, MD, MBA; Yale A. Fillingham, MD, FAAOS

The second half of the clinical practice guideline (CPG) on multimodal analgesia in total joint arthroplasty (TJA), led by the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons (AAHKS), focused on non-oral therapies such as periarticular injection (PAI), regional nerve blocks in total hip arthroplasty (THA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA), corticosteroids, and ketamine.

AAOS Announces Winners of 2022 Kappa Delta and OREF Research Awards

The 2022 Kappa Delta Orthopaedic Research Awards and the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF) Clinical Research Award recognize those who have performed orthopaedic research that is of high significance and impact.