Mar 11, 2021 | In the News, Patient Outcomes, Research
Research presented at the Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting examined surgical site infection risk factors after total joint arthroplasty (TJA), Healio reported on February 25. Ingwon Yeo, MD and colleagues examined data from more than 11,500 patients who...
Feb 18, 2021 | Annual Meeting, COVID-19, In the News
The 30th AAHKS Annual Meeting was the first of its kind – a hybrid event, with members attending live both in person and virtually. Keeping in-person attendees safe during the pandemic was a priority, and AAHKS employed several key protocols to protect members....
Feb 18, 2021 | In the News, Patient Outcomes, Research
Healio reported on February 1 that “patients who undergo total joint arthroplasty in the outpatient setting are less likely to become persistent opioid users than those who undergo inpatient total joint arthroplasty.” The originating study, published in The Journal of...
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...
