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Big advances in the Big Easy: AAOS 2026 redefines the Annual Meeting

Molly Todd Rudy

Incorporating feedback from past attendees, AAOS is introducing a simplified registration process and enhanced technology offerings for the AAOS 2026 Annual Meeting, to be held March 2-6 in New Orleans at the Morial Convention Center.

Symposium panelists offer keen advice for early-career orthopaedic surgeons

Leah Lawrence

At the AAOS 2025 Annual Meeting’s Resident and Fellows Symposium presented sage advice for early-career orthopaedic surgeons as they transition out of residency.

Instructional Course Lecture explores the evolving consensus on cementless total knee arthroplasty

Josh Baxt

Highlights from the Instructional Course Lecture titled “Cementless total knee arthroplasty on the rise in the United States: why and what do we know?”

Melatonin improves sleep duration immediately after THA

Keightley Amen, BA, ELS

Trouble sleeping is common in the period immediately after total hip arthroplasty (THA), but melatonin may promote longer sleep sessions in the first few days after surgery, according to research presented at the AAOS 2025 Annual Meeting.

Randomized study compares prophylactic measures for high-risk total knee arthroplasty

Rebecca Araujo

A study presented at the AAOS 2025 Annual Meeting did not find significant differences between different measures for preventing periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in high-risk patients.

Femoral neck fractures: Cementless hemiarthroplasty is more common than cemented fixation but carries higher risks

Keightley Amen, BA, ELS

According to a retrospective review of hemiarthroplasty treatment for femoral neck fracture, cementless fixation is used more often than cemented fixation.

Study investigates knee arthroplasty complications in patients with GLP-1-mediated weight loss