In a very special recording of AAHKS Amplified, three leading orthopaedic surgeons Zachary C. Lum, DO, Obinna O. Adigweme, MD and Adam A. Sassoon, MD, MS talk candidly on how they approach, address and respond to this question often asked by their patients “Do I Need A Hip or Knee Replacement?” Although this seems like a fairly simple question to r…

We’re truly excited to bring to you our latest recording on AAHKS Amplified. In this recording, we had the wonderful opportunity to hear the patient’s perspective from two arthroplasty patients. Both underwent hip and/or knee replacement surgery and candidly shared their experiences in a symposium at the 2024 AAHKS Spring Meeting in Atlanta, Georgi…

In the latest recording of AAHKS Amplified, we highlight the stories of a unique community within AAHKS, and just in time to celebrate Pride Month. Zachary C. Lum, DO, Vice-Chair of the Diversity Advisory Board (DAB) speaks openly and candidly with Jaime L. Bellamy, DO, MS and Chloe E.H. Scott, MD to hear about their journey as members of the LGBTQ…

At the 2023 AAHKS Annual Meeting, the chair of the Digital Health & Social Media Committee Shaun P. Patel, MD and Dustin J. Schuett, DO sat down with Joshua C. Rozell, MD to discuss his paper presented at the meeting on how there’s additional stress on surgeons who peform surgery on patients with an elevated BMI. In Dr. Rozell’s study, he showed th…

At the 2023 AAHKS Annual Meeting, the chair of the Digital Health & Social Media Committee Shaun P. Patel, MD and Ahmed Siddiqi, MD, MBA sat down with M. Umar Burney, MD, Junaid A. Makda, MD and Khalid M. Yousuf, MD to discuss their mission work with their organization, GODA (Gifted of Disability Alleviation). GODA was started in 2014 and since the…

At the 2023 AAHKS Annual Meeting, the chair of the Digital Health & Social Media Committee Shaun P. Patel, MD and Ahmed Siddiqi, MD, MBA sat down with Drake G. LeBrun, MD and Brian P. Chalmers, MD to discuss their paper presented at the meeting on Does Melatonin Improve Subjective Sleep Quality after TKA? A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial. Thi…

AAHKS Diversity Advisory Group Co-Chair, Muyibat A. Adelani, MD, sat down with Michael Mont, MD, the Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Arthroplasty (JOA) to discuss the purpose of AAHKS’ Diversity Advisory Group (DAB) which is to promote diversity and inclusion within AAHKS. They also discussed and summarized five articles on diversity that was rec…

Last year, Dr. Krueger sat down with James I. Huddleston, III, MD to discuss the release of the 10th annual report of the American Joint Replacement Registry (AJRR). In this recording, they talked about the conception of the registry in 2012, and how it began with surgeons wanting to get an idea of what was being placed in patients in the United St…

One of AAHKS’ newest awards, the Industry Innovation Award is a competitive product award for companies exhibiting at the AAHKS Annual Meeting. It recognizes cutting-edge innovation in the field of orthopaedic hip and knee arthroplasty by exhibitors. At the 2023 AAHKS Annual Meeting, OrthAlign received the award and we had the wonderful opportunity…

One of AAHKS’ newest awards, the Industry Innovation Award is a competitive product award for companies exhibiting at the AAHKS Annual Meeting. It recognizes cutting-edge innovation in the field of orthopaedic hip and knee arthroplasty by exhibitors. At the 2023 AAHKS Annual Meeting, Force Therapeutics received the award and we had the wonderful op…

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In this episode of Amplified, Dr. Rana hosts Dr. Huddleston and Dr. Sterling to discuss the new mandatory Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) Inpatient Quality Reporting Total Hip and Knee Replacement PROMs Performance Measure (IQR THA/TKA PRO-PM) for THA and TKA that is being implemented this year. The goal of this measure is to […] The post 202…

By American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons

By American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons

By American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons

By American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons

By American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons

By American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons

In this episode of AAHKS Amplified, Arthroplasty Today Editor-in-Chief, Gregory J. Golladay, MD and Deputy Editor, Brett R. Levine, MD talk about Arthroplasty Today, the AAHKS official open access journal and how you can get involved. The journal’s Social Media Editor, Anna R. Cohen-Rosenblum, MD served as moderator for this podcast. Here are a few…

In this episode of AAHKS Amplified, Digital Health and Social Media Committee chair Shaun P. Patel, MD speaks with AAHKS 2022 Surgical Techniques and Technologies Award recipient, Jacob M. Wilson, MD. He is joined by fellow Digital Health and Social Media Committee member, Mark E. Mildren, MD. They discuss Dr. Wilson’s award-winning paper “Resurfac…

In this episode of AAHKS Amplified, Digital Health and Social Media Committee vice chair William B. Kurtz, MD speaks with AAHKS 2022 James A. Rand Young Investigator’s Award recipient, Vishal Hegde, MD. He is joined by fellow Digital Health and Social Media Committee member, Eli Kamara, MD. They discuss Dr. Hegde’s award-winning paper “Increased Re…

In this episode of AAHKS Amplified, Digital Health and Social Media Committee chair Shaun P. Patel, MD speaks with AAHKS Clinical Research Award winner, Jonathan H. Shaw, MD. They are joined by fellow Digital Health and Social Media Committee member Joseph D. Maratt, MD, and the award-winning paper co-author, Jason J. Davis, MD. Dr. Shaw […] The po…

In this episode, AAHKS Amplified brings you a podcast recording on the AAHKS Fellowship Education Improvement and Innovation Grant Program. Our host/moderator AAHKS President, Bryan D. Springer, MD, was joined by Dr. Nitin Goyal and Dr. William Hamilton to discuss how grant money from the program would be allocated to targeted areas of improvement …

By American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons

By American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons

By American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons

By American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons

By American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons

By American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons

By American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons

By American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons

By American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons

By American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons

In episode 3 of Pain Management in Joint Replacement, host Trevor North, MD, continues to discuss managing paint following your joint replacement surgery with Mark Giska, MD. They further discuss the anesthetic process and additional ways to minimize pain. Tune in to this 3-part series podcast and learn the many ways you can manage pain […] The pos…

In this 3-part series on Pain Management in Joint Replacement, episode 2 continues to discuss how you can manage pain following joint replacement with host Trevor North, MD. Listen as he talks with Mark Giska, MD, on how surgeons and anesthesiologist should work together, collaboratively in an effort to minimize pain and improve outcomes following …

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Episode 2 of Sleep Disturbance after Total Joint Replacement is a continuation of episode 1, further discussing how medication has an effect on sleep disturbance. Host Ben Stronach, MD also discusses how to properly use sleep aids, sleep hygiene, alcohol use and swelling of the legs. The goal of this podcast is to teach you […] The post Sleep Distu…

In episode 1 of Sleep Disturbance after Total Joint Replacement, host Ben Stronach, MD, discusses sleep positions, how to get out of bed safely at night after your joint replacement surgery, coping with night pain and potentially why you are having sleep disturbance following joint replacement. Tune in and learn how sleep disturbance following join…

In this podcast, you’ll learn how setting yourself up prior to surgery leads to successful outcomes after joint replacement. We discuss how one should prepare themselves, their environment and support network leading up to joint replacement. Tune in and learn how you can prepare for joint replacement and have a successful outcome. […] The post Sett…

In this 3-part podcast series, Patient and Public Relations Committee members Dr. Jonathan Danoff, Dr. Matt Bullock and Chair Dr. Brett Levine are joined by experienced Perioperative Internal Medicine Physicians Dr. Peter Caccavallo and Dr. William Wallace to provide education regarding the importance of perioperative optimization, how various modi…

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In this 3-part podcast series, Patient and Public Relations Committee members Dr. Jonathan Danoff, Dr. Matt Bullock and Chair Dr. Brett Levine are joined by experienced Perioperative Internal Medicine Physicians Dr. Peter Caccavallo and Dr. William Wallace to provide education regarding the importance of perioperative optimization, how various modi…

In this episode, Patient and Public Relations Committee members Dr. Arjun Saxena, Dr. Matthew Bullock and Chair Dr. Brett Levine are joined by Nurse Navigator Elise Teets and Joint Replacement Program Manager Kristie Kelley to provide education surrounding discharge options for patients following their total joint replacement. The discussion includ…

This paper was presented at the 30th AAHKS Annual Meeting and was awarded the Lawrence D. Dorr Surgical Techniques & Technologies Award. The discussion in this episode covers the combination of large heads and small acetabular components in total hip arthroplasty and the risk of early and long-term implant failure. The study looked at 825 […] The p…

The discussion in this episode covers a comparison of perioperative fracture incidence of a collared vs. a non-collared version of the same dual tapered stem used in the direct anterior approach. This was a retrospective study of about 350 procedures in each group. To review the poster, search for poster #293 in the year 2020 […] The post Reduction…

Women In Arthroplasty member Kim Tucker, MD, leads the discussion in this episode which covers “Zoom and Pandemic Fatigue”. The participants discuss the ways their patient care, practices and personal lives have changed due to the COVID-19 PHE. They also discuss approaches to manage these issues in your personal and professional lives. In This Epis…

The discussion in this episode covers a prospective 2-year database review of a 3-surgeon cohort of 1,158 consecutive patients, using PROMs to compare robotic-assisted vs. manual TKA. Click here to review the abstract. Topics Robotic-assisted TKA is thought to be an area of continued improvement in outcomes, and haptic technology may be helpful in …

The discussion in this episode covers the long-term impact of smoking cessation before TJA and how it can be successful. This topic was presented at the 30th AAHKS Annual Meeting, read the abstract. Topics Working with patients as a team in preoperative optimization helps encourage them to quit smoking and not take it up again […] The post Does Smo…

This discussion covers a one-year study of the use of oral antibiotics to curtail periprosthetic joint infection in high-risk primary total joint surgery. This paper was awarded The AAHKS Clinical Research Award at the 30th AAHKS Annual Meeting. Read the abstract. Topics Extended oral antibiotics leads to lowered risk of PJI in TJA High risk […] Th…