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Humanitarian Award Honors Champion of Equitable Orthopaedic Care
To honor her dedication to caring for children with musculoskeletal conditions in the United States and abroad, AAOS has named Coleen S. Sabatini, MD, MPH, FAAOS, the winner of the 2025 Humanitarian ...
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AAOS Continues to Advocate for Critical Research Funding
Members can help by contacting their representatives via the AAOS Advocacy Action Center ...
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Artificial Intelligence and Smartphone Integration Create Improved Diagnostic Access for Foot and Ankle Deformities
Soheil Ashkani-Esfahani, MD,MPH, and coauthors presented their paper titled “Utilization of AI in the Diagnosis of Pes Planus and Pes Cavus with a Smartphone Camera” at the AAOS 2025 Annual Meeting.
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New Resident Orthopaedic Core Knowledge/ResStudy Awards Showcase Residents’ Use of Programs
A new awards program at the AAOS 2025 Annual Meeting honored residents and resident programs for their outstanding use of the Resident Orthopaedic Core Knowledge (ROCK) program and ResStudy. The ...
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Kappa Delta Elizabeth Winston Lanier Award Recognizes Groundbreaking Research on Rotator Cuff Repair
Brian T. Feeley, MD, FAAOS, and his research show great potential to advance patient care Rosemont, Illinois 60018 ...
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Lower-Limb Alignment after High Tibial Osteotomy Linked to Residual Proinflammatory Gene Expression
“From this study, relationships between knee alignment and gene expressions were observed after MOWHTO, and patients with under-correction tended to have insufficient improvement of proinflammatory ...
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Resection of Intraneural Synovial Sarcoma: OVT Video Demonstrates Limb-Sparing Approach
In an OVT video, James C. Wittig, MD, FAAOS, of Morristown Medical Center in New Jersey, and colleagues describe resection of a recurrent intraneural synovial sarcoma of the median nerve in a patient ...
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Government Insurance Limits Patient Access to Orthopaedic Surgeons and Physical Therapy Services
Physical therapy plays a large role in both nonoperative and postoperative treatment of orthopaedic conditions in adult and pediatric populations. Although Medicaid expansion from the Affordable Care ...
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Arthroscopic Lysis of Adhesions Is an Effective Technique to Manage Arthrofibrosis after Total Knee Arthroplasty
An OVT video from Thomas Boucher, MD, and colleagues utilizes a patient case to highlight their technique for arthroscopic lysis of adhesions.
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CMMI’s New Three-Pillar Strategic Plan Will Impact Musculoskeletal Care
Earlier this month, Abe Sutton, director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), announced the Trump administration’s new vision for the center. CMMI’s work will now center on three ...
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Upcoming Enhancements to the AAOS Registry Program Will Help Advance Orthopaedic Care
AAOS recently invested in numerous technology enhancements to modernize its Data Submission Platform to reduce the complexity of file processing and to enhance efficiency.
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Tariffs May Strain the Fragile Healthcare Supply Chain
For this month’s Editor’s Message, I will take the opportunity to touch on a subject that is more tied to current events than typical. In fact, I will not attempt to mention any specifics whatsoever ...