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.

Stefano A. Bini, MD

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.

Stefano A. Bini, MD

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.

Stefano A. Bini, MD

In this episode, the discussion surrounds the James A. Rand Young Investigator’s Awarded paper on the necessity of cultures if aspiration culture is positive. It remains unknown if preoperative synovial fluid culture is equivalent to multiple intraoperative tissue cultures for identifying relevant PJI causative organisms. Their aim was to determine the prevalence of discordance between synovial fluid and tissue cultures, polymicrobial infections, and antibiotic susceptibility patterns among discordant cultures. Read the abstract: http://meeting.aahks.org/wp-content/uploads/20_award-rand-boyle.pdf

Keely Boyle, MD

In this episode, the discussion surrounds the relationship to spinal fusion and total hip arthroplasty and the importance of timing in surgery. This is being presented at the 30th AAHKS Annual Meeting. Read the abstract.

Nequesha S. Mohamed, MD

In this episode, produced in partnership with the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), advocacy leaders from both organizations discuss the payment policy changes that have been proposed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The agency is reducing all orthopaedic surgical services by approximately 5% and reducing the work relative value units for hip and knee arthroplasty by an additional 5.4%, further compounding the mounting tension on musculoskeletal care.

James I. “Hutch” Huddleston III, MD, AAHKS Advocacy Committee Chair

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Joshua Kerr, AAHKS Deputy Executive Director

Shreyasi Deb, PhD, MBA, AAOS Senior Director of Health Policy

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AAHKS leaders in the value-based care space discuss their work with CMS and how they address value-based care in their institutions.

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In This Podcast: Richard Iorio, MD, AAHKS First Vice President, Adolph “Chick” J. Yates Jr., MD, AAHKS Representative to OrthoPAC, Maxwell Courtney, MD, AAHKS Health Policy Fellow and Chad A. Krueger, MD, AAHKS Health Policy Fellow

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The discussion in this podcast centers around the new normal during the COVID-19 pandemic: changes in patient protocols, family dynamics at home and techniques for relieving stress.

Kimberly K. Tucker, MD