Nov 17, 2017 | Annual Meeting, In the News
Video interviews and articles covering the 2017 AAHKS Annual Meeting are available on the Healio.com Orthopedics Today website. One of the highlight videos is of AAHKS President Mark I. Froimson, MD, MBA discussing the cutting-edge research presented, new CMS rules,...
Oct 27, 2017 | In the News, Research
A paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, “Multimodal Pain Management in Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty: Trends Over the Last 10 Years,” showed that “in-hospital opioid use after hip and knee replacement...
Sep 15, 2017 | In the News
Following a hip replacement surgery in April, World Wrestling Entertainment hall of famer Mick Foley had knee replacement surgery this week. He has been posting his experience on Twitter and Facebook and explained how the stress on his knee resulted from him...
Sep 8, 2017 | In the News, Research
A study published in Nature Biomedical Engineering explores the idea of antibiotic-releasing polymers being used in joint implant components. Invisiverse quotes one of the study’s authors, “Our finding that polyethylene, the most commonly used weight-bearing surface...
Aug 25, 2017 | In the News
Swedish Medical Center in Seattle implemented an updated concurrent surgery policy that requires surgeons to be present for a “substantial majority” of surgical procedures, according to Doximity. Swedish released the statement, “We have established more specific...
Aug 18, 2017 | In the News, Patient Outcomes, Research
In an interview with Medscape, Susan Goodman, MD describes in-depth the process that took place to develop the new guideline, “2017 American College of Rheumatology/American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons Guideline for the Perioperative Management of...
