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  Today's Top Story Study Surveys Black Orthopaedic Surgeons on Racial Discrimination in the Workplace A survey of Black orthopaedic surgeons published online in the Journal of the AAOS ® found that racial discrimination and diminished opportunity are “pervasive” in the workplace, and many surgeons experienced racial microaggressions in practice. Of the 274 Black surgeons practicing in the U.S. surveyed, 97 percent believed that Black orthopaedic surgeons face workplace discrimination and <20 percent felt that national orthopaedic organizational [...]

  Today's Top Story Study: Do Patients with Medicare Have Increased 90-day Readmission after Short-stay TSA? A study published online in the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery found comparable rates of unplanned readmission after short-stay total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA) between patients with Medicare versus private insurance. The researchers assessed 4,723 procedures (TSA, n=2,459; reverse TSA [RTSA], n=2,264). Patients with Medicare were not significantly more likely to experience unplanned 90-day readmissions compared to privately insured patients (3.6 percent [...]

  Today's Top Story Study: Influences on Racial and Ethnic Differences in TKA Indication A retrospective study published in the June 15 issue of the Journal of the AAOS ® found that race did not predict disparities in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) indications, while comorbidity burden and preoperative baseline differences was more strongly associated with differences in indications. Researchers identified 54,582 patients from a large surgical registry (Caucasian, 83.2 percent; African American, 9.2 percent; Hispanic, 4.5 percent; Asian, [...]

  Today's Top Story Study: Reduced Dislocation Risk after THA with Dual-mobility Components A systematic review published in the June 1 issue of the Journal of the AAOS ® found a lower risk of complications in total hip arthroplasty (THA) with dual-mobility components (DMC) versus hemiarthroplasty (HA) or conventional THA (CTHA) for femoral neck fractures. Eighteen studies were included. In noncomparative studies where DMC was used alone, dislocation occurred in 1.2 percent of patients. In comparative studies, relative [...]

  Today's Top Story Study: High Postoperative Complications with Multiligamentous Knee Reconstruction An analysis of 15 years of data on multiligamentous knee surgery performed at a single academic institution found a high rate of early postoperative and low intraoperative complications, according to a retrospective study published online in Arthroscopy. In total, 301 knees (n = 296 patients) treated between 2005 and 2019 were assessed. Eleven intraoperative complications occurred in nine knees (3.0 percent) and 136 complications occurred within [...]