Artificial intelligence tools are reshaping how musculoskeletal (MSK) and orthopaedic practices operate, diagnose, treat, manage patient flow, and reach new patients.
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Over many years, surgeons have continued to improve techniques in the repair and fixation of damaged structures. In the operating room, suture and anchor fixation and biological enhancements aid ...
On Sunday, the AAOS Board of Directors (BoD) held its last official meeting for the 2024 2025 BoD in San Diego prior to the AAOS 2025 Annual Meeting.
For nearly 31,000 years, humans have documented cases of lower limb amputation. The Capua leg, discovered in a grave near Capua, Italy, is the earliest evidence of lower extremity prosthetics and ...
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons is pleased to share news and updates from the world's largest meeting of orthopaedic surgeons, researchers, and allied health professionals as presented at ...
Medicine has changed dramatically over the past 20 years. The understanding of disease processes and the roles of genetics, environment, and personal factors has evolved rapidly. Technology has ...
A recent study found that patients who used cannabis, either alone or with tobacco, experienced higher rates of scaphoid fracture nonunion compared to nonusers and tobacco-only users.
A new study presented at the AAOS 2026 Annual Meeting last month in New Orleans discovered that missed visits have a higher impact than Area Deprivation Index (ADI) on the recurrence rates in ...
Knowing where the money goes empowers surgeons to influence the larger system ...
Maturing as surgeons brings the realization that we do not operate on bones, we operate on people. You can execute a perfect open reduction and internal fixation for a femoral neck fracture, follow ...
Years later, when I began my arthroplasty practice, I joined a senior generalist partner cut from the same cloth. He had quietly cared for generations of families in our community. I once watched a ...