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American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) 2017 Annual Meeting

March 14 - 18, 2017; San Diego, California

March 14 - 18, 2017 San Diego, California

AAOS Uninformed Patients Have Worse Surgical Outcomes Patients who are well-informed about their condition and treatment options have better outcomes, according to a study of shared decision-making.
Medscape Medical News, March 22, 2017
AAOS Short-term Benefit Found for Anterior Hip Replacement Recovery from total hip replacement is faster when surgeons use the anterior approach, a comparison study shows, but researchers still see value in the posterior approach.
Medscape Medical News, March 15, 2017

Conference News

AAOS Uninformed Patients Have Worse Surgical Outcomes
Medscape Medical News, March 22, 2017
AAOS Preoperative SSRIs Ease Orthopedic Surgery Complications
Medscape Medical News, March 21, 2017
AAOS Comorbidities Contribute Little to Knee Replacement Costs
Medscape Medical News, March 16, 2017

AAOS Short-term Benefit Found for Anterior Hip Replacement
Medscape Medical News, March 15, 2017
AAOS Orthopedic Surgeons Debating Cost of Care
Medscape Medical News, March 8, 2017

Popular News from AAOS 2016

Presurgical Opioids Heighten Addiction Risk, Complications Patients who use opioids before total knee arthroplasty are more likely to continue using them after surgery and to have postoperative complications, warn researchers.
Medscape Medical News, Mar 4, 2016
Steroids Before Hip Arthroplasty Increase Infection Risk The injection of intra-articular steroids in the 3 months before total hip arthroplasty can lead to higher rates of periprosthetic joint infection, new research has confirmed.
Medscape Medical News, Mar 3, 2016
Aggressive Rehab Safe After Knee Replacement High-intensity rehabilitation programs do not affect range of motion after total knee arthroplasty, report researchers, but surgeons are wary.
Medscape Medical News, Mar 9, 2016

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