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  Today's Top Story Study: Complications and Costs for IM Nails versus Sliding-hip Screws for IT Fractures A retrospective study published in the Sept. 15 issue of the Journal of the AAOS ® found increased medical complications, readmissions, and costs for intramedullary nails (IMN) versus sliding hip screws (SHS) for intertrochanteric (IT) hip fractures. IT fractures from 2007 to 2017 from the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery database were evaluated. Most cases were managed via IMN (92.4 percent). [...]

  Today's Top Story Study: Risk Factors of Blood Transfusion after Total Joint Arthroplasty Factors associated with blood transfusion after total joint arthroplasty include lower preoperative hematocrit, a history of bleeding disorders, and preoperative transfusion, according to a retrospective study published online in The Journal of Arthroplasty. A national database was queried for primary and revision total hip and total knee arthroplasties between 2011 and 2019. Overall transfusion rates decreased from 21.4 percent to 2.5 percent during the [...]

  Today's Top Story Systematic Literature Review for Truncal, Lower Extremity Injuries in MLB Players A systematic review published in the August issue of the Journal of the AAOS: Global Research & Reviews ® evaluated current literature regarding truncal and lower-extremity orthopaedic injuries among MLB players. Forty-one studies met inclusion criteria. Research primarily reviewed hip and pelvis (16 percent), thigh (15 percent), truncal (14 percent), knee (13 percent), and ankle injuries (11 percent). Twenty-two percent used data from [...]

  Today's Top Story The AAOS Now Daily Editions Are Available Online Now The AAOS 2021 Annual Meeting is over, but you can still find coverage of the highlights in AAOS Now Daily Editions, available online on the AAOS Now website! The magazines provide convenient access to meeting information and the high-quality education presented at the meeting, including previews and recaps of paper presentations, poster presentations, scientific exhibits, Instructional Course Lectures, symposia, and more. Be sure to revisit [...]

  Today's Top Story Joseph A. Bosco III, MD, FAAOS, Wraps Up Presidency with Reflections on ‘Testing Our Mettle' On Thursday at the Your Academy session here in San Diego, AAOS Immediate Past President Joseph A. Bosco III, MD, FAAOS, finally delivered the speech he had planned for the cancelled 2020 annual meeting. Dr. Bosco spoke about how the COVID-19 pandemic tested AAOS and the profession to its very limits, revealing how the underlying values and strengths of [...]

  Today's Top Story Many Strides Yet to Go: The Imperative to Increase Diversity in Orthopaedics In a symposium yesterday, a panel of orthopaedic surgeons comprising mostly underrepresented minorities discussed racial disparities in orthopaedic surgery, from inequitable access to orthopaedic care to glaringly low numbers of racial and ethnic minorities in the profession. As moderator Toni M. McLaurin, MD, FAAOS, chief of orthopaedic service at Bellevue Hospital and director of diversity, equity, and inclusion at NYU Langone Orthopedics [...]