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...
Jan 21, 2021 | AAHKS Leadership, Research
The AAHKS Board of Directors approved a Publications Committee recommendation to designate Michael Mont, MD as the next Editor in Chief of the Journal of Arthroplasty. Dr. Mont, who is currently Assistant Editor in Chief, has had editorial involvement in the JOA for...
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 | Digital Health Podcast, Research, Women in Arthroplasty Podcast
Two new podcast episodes have been released this week: Techniques to Combat Zoom and Pandemic Fatigue Women In Arthroplasty member Kim Tucker, MD, is joined by Mari Ricker, MD, John Shields, MD and Linda Suleiman, MD to discuss “Zoom and Pandemic Fatigue”. The...
Jan 7, 2021 | Annual Meeting, Research
The ePosters for the 2020 AAHKS Annual Meeting have been added to the AAHKS ePosters Archives, located at https://aahks.scientificposters.com. The site includes all posters presented at the 2020 Annual Meeting, as well as those at prior meetings through 2014. By...
Dec 17, 2020 | Annual Meeting, News Releases, Research
A study presented at the 2020 AAHKS Annual Meeting last month investigated whether there is a population of total knee arthroplasty patients in which bilateral total knee arthroplasty (BTKA) can be safely performed. Authors compared 30-day mortality and complication...
