Applications Due for 2020 Spring FARE Grant

Jan 9, 2020 | Foundation, Research

Initial applications for the Foundation for Arthroplasty Research and Education (FARE) fall cycle grant are due by Saturday, February 1, 2020. The application, which serves as the Letter of Intent (LOI), will be reviewed by the AAHKS Research Committee, and a decision...

Recognizing and Treating Metal Allergy

Jan 2, 2020 | Research

AAHKS members were interviewed for the January Orthopedics Today cover story about the challenges of diagnosing metal allergy in total joint arthroplasty patients. Whether surgeons can determine if a patient has a metal allergy prior to surgery or is experiencing a...

VTE, Opioid-use Lower in UKR than TKR

Dec 19, 2019 | Research

A study published in The Lancet, “Opioid use, postoperative complications, and implant survival after unicompartmental versus total knee replacement: a population-based network study,” showed unicompartmental knee replacement (UKR) patients used less opioids...

London Study Says Marathons Good for Knees

Dec 12, 2019 | Research

The New York Times reported on a prospective cohort study published in the British Medical Journal Open Sport & Exercise Medicine journal that asked, “Can marathon running improve knee damage in middle-aged adults?” The article cites previous studies that showed...

New Grant Funding Available from OREF

Nov 21, 2019 | Research

The Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF) has announced new funding opportunities with grants from $5,000 to $240,000. Grant applications are due soon for health disparities, impact of regulatory policies, biologics, growing spine conditions, new...

Longer Surgery Time May Increase Infection Risk

Oct 24, 2019 | Research

A study published in The Lancet this week found that surgical time longer than 100 minutes increased the risk of infection in total knee arthroplasties. Authors of the study, “Surgical duration is associated with an increased risk of periprosthetic infection following...