Quality Programs Development Timeline
Distal Radius Fractures
Status: Awaiting AAOS Board of Directors Approval
Participating Societies:
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons • American Society for Hand Surgery • American Society for Surgery of the Hand • American College of Surgeons • American Society of Hand Therapists • American Society of Plastic Surgeons • Hand Surgery Quality Consortium • Orthopaedic Trauma Association
Osteoarthritis of the Knee (Non-Arthroplasty)
Status: Finalizing Recommendations
Participating Societies:
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons • International Cartilage Regeneration & Joint Preservation Society • American Association of Hip & Knee Surgeons • Knee Society • American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine • American Academy of Family Physicians • Arthroscopy Association of North America • American Physical Therapy Association • American Medical Society for Sports Medicine
Hip Fractures in the Elderly
Status: Literature Review
Participating Societies:
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons • American Geriatrics Society • American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation • American College of Emergency Physicians • American Physical Therapy Association • Orthopaedic Trauma Association • American College of Radiology • American Society for Bone and Mineral Research • The Hip Society • American Society of Anesthesiologists • American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons
Department of Defense: Perioperative Pain Management
Status: Finalizing Recommendations
Participating Societies:
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons • Major Extremity Trauma & Rehabilitation Consortium • The Society of Military Orthopaedic Medicine • Orthopaedic Trauma Association • American Society of Anesthesiologists
Funded by the U.S. Department of Defense
Department of Defense: Surgical Procedures when Performing a Transtibial Amputation
Status: Soliciting Work Group Members
Participating Societies:
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons • Orthopaedic Trauma Association • Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeons • American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society • Musculoskeletal Tumor Society • Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America • Society for Vascular Surgery •
Funded by the U.S. Department of Defense
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury
Status: Literature Review
Participating Societies:
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons • American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine • Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America • American College of Emergency Physicians
Surgical Management of Osteoarthritis of the Knee - 2nd Edition
Status: Literature Review
Participating Societies:
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons • Arthroscopy Association of North America • American Association of Hip & Knee Surgeons • Society of Military Surgeons
Department of Defense: Surgical Site Infections
Status: Literature Review
Participating Societies:
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons • American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons • American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons • American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons • Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeons • Orthopaedic Trauma Society • Infectious Diseases Society of America • Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America • Musculoskeletal Tumor Society • American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society
Funded by the U.S. Department of Defense
For more information please email ebm@aaos.org