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AAOS Now, January 2025

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  • An Aviation Lesson for Surgeons: Why Structured Debriefing Is One Key to Mastery in Orthopaedic Surgery

    Sean A. Tabaie, MD, MBA, FAAOS

    In high-stakes environments, from surgical suites to the skies, there exists a shared understanding: The job is not finished until the debrief is done.

  • Novel Solutions for a Complex Problem: How Do We Build Stronger Orthopaedic Care in Rural Areas

    Lisa Ronback, MD, FAAOS, FRCSC; James Barber, MD, FAAOS

    Imagine you are a 59-year-old orthopaedic surgeon who is on call every second night at your rural hospital.

  • OVT Video Demonstrates Management of Posterior Wall Acetabulum Fracture Using Greater Trochanteric Autograft

    Neil Jain, MD; Michael DeRogatis, MD, MS

    Acetabular fracture reconstruction is a challenge, owing to the deep anatomic location of injury and the many neurovascular structures that must be avoided during surgical exposure.

  • Building the Pipeline: Where Will the Next Generation of Rural Orthopaedic Surgeons Come From?

    Kim Templeton, MD, FAAOS, FAOA

    The path for students from rural areas to become physicians, especially orthopaedic surgeons, is challenging.

  • OVT Video Details Technique for Fixation of Variant Supination-External Rotation Ankle Fracture

    Michael DeRogatis, MD, MS; Paul S. Issack, MD, PhD, FAAOS, FACS

    In the OVT video titled “Variant SE4 Ankle Fracture: Recognizing the Pattern and Implications for Open Reduction and Internal Fixation,” Maxwell C. Alley, MD, and Paul Tornetta III, MD, PhD, FAAOS, concisely describe a variant supination–external rotation type, which has implications for internal fixation.

  • Rural Orthopaedic Surgeons Face Unique Challenges

    Leslie Schwindel, MD, FAAOS

    There is a growing shortage of orthopaedic surgeons in rural areas of the United States. As the general population ages, the need for musculoskeletal care will continue to increase.

  • Video Authors Use a 3D-Printed Cutting Guide for Open Allograft Reconstruction of the Proximal Humerus

    Neil Jain, MD; Michael DeRogatis, MD, MS

    The AAOS OVT video “Open Allograft Reconstruction of the Proximal Humerus Using Custom 3D Printed Cutting Guide” demonstrates the use of a 3D-printed cutting guide for osteochondral allograft reconstruction of a large reverse Hill-Sachs lesion in the setting of recurrent posterior shoulder instability.

  • A Lesson from Henrik Ibsen

    Stuart A. Green, MD, FAAOS

    As the curtain fell on An Enemy of the People, I understood for the first time why Henrik Ibsen’s 1882 play continues to resonate with audience members, especially those in healthcare who must, day in and day out, battle with authorization personnel, hospital administrators, and other officials who fail to comprehend the danger of invading organisms and other urgencies.

  • The State of Musculoskeletal Health in Rural America

    Kim Templeton, MD, FAAOS, FAOA

    Health and healthcare in rural America are in crisis, including musculoskeletal care.

  • In the Arena: Tandy R. Freeman, MD, Treats Bull Riders in Winners-Take-All Sport

    Stuart Fischer, MD, FAAOS

    For Tandy R. Freeman, MD, FAAOS, however, sports medicine means covering a different kind of event—bull riding and rodeo.

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