Feb 18, 2021 | In the News, Popular
See what your colleagues are reading! These were the most clicked articles in the AAHKS News in January 2021: Deadline to Apply for AAHKS Committee Extended E-Posters from 2020 Annual Meeting Now Searchable Online AAOS Releases Value-Based Payment Guide New AAHKS...
Feb 4, 2021 | Annual Meeting, In the News, Research
Patients who received extended antibiotics after TJA experienced a significant reduction in risk of periprosthetic joint infection, Healio reported on February 2. Study results were recently published and presented at the 30th AAHKS Annual Meeting in Dallas, where it...
Feb 4, 2021 | In the News, Medicare, Patient Outcomes
Healio reported that “the expansion of Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act has led to increased utilization of Medicaid-funded total hip and total knee arthroplasty procedures.” The study, originally published in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery on...
Jan 21, 2021 | In the News
Becker’s Healthcare has released a listing of “65 total knee replacement surgeons to know in 2020”. Did you make the list? Do you agree with their choices or think they overlooked someone important? Read the full list...
Jan 21, 2021 | In the News, Patient Outcomes, Research
Healio reported that “patients who underwent the direct anterior approach during total hip arthroplasty had less atrophy of the hip musculature compared with those who had direct lateral or posterior approaches.” The original study, published in the journal...
Jan 14, 2021 | Diversity, In the News
Chiara Rogers, MPH, Director of Research and Humanitarian Activities for AAHKS, has been named one of Chicago’s “40 Under 40 Game Changers.” Ariel Investments and WVON Radio sponsor the 2020 Game Changers honor, which recognizes Chicago’s top African-American business...
