Each year, all industry partners and exhibitors are encouraged to apply for the Industry Innovation Award. This is a competitive product award for companies exhibiting at the AAHKS Annual Meeting. At the 2024 Annual Meeting, we presented Guard Medical with this award for creating the NPseal. The NPseal is an innovative surgical dressing designed to deliver continuous, non-powered Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) to support wound healing. Cory L. Calendine, MD the Chair of the AAHKS Industry Relations Committee had the pleasure of sitting down with two representatives from Guard Medical to discuss the NPseal – CEO Machiel van der Leest and Director of Marketing Leandra Armstrong. 

Listen and learn all about the NPseal, it’s easy-to-use functionality and how it’s a cost-effective option that promotes patient compliance and aims to reduce the incidence of SSCs and SSIs in orthopedic procedures, which may help to significantly decrease healthcare financial burden.

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In This Episode:

Cory L. Calendine, MD
Leandra Armstrong 
Machiel van der Leest 

At the 2024 AAHKS Annual Meeting, David G. Deckey, MD, Cody C. Green, MD and Kevin A. Sonn, MD all members of the AAHKS Patient Education Committee sat down to define the different types of technology used during joint replacement such as manual technique, computer navigation and robotic systems. They also discussed the pros and cons for each technique as well. This information is helpful for patients who are still choosing their surgeon and being bombarded with misinformation due to excessive and incorrect marketing. 

Here are a few articles that help decide which surgeon and technology is best for you: Computer-Assisted Knee Surgery, Computer-Assisted Hip Surgery and Choosing the Right Surgeon for You. 

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In This Episode:

David G. Deckey, MD 
Cody C. Green, MD     
Kevin A. Sonn, MD 

At the 2024 AAHKS Annual Meeting, Shaun P. Patel, MD and Andrew M. Schwartz, MD sat down to speak with the winner of the 2024 Clinical Research Award. The study’s main author, Simon W. Young, MD talked about the importance of postoperative pain management in primary total knee arthroplasty and how IORA of antibiotics for prophylaxis in TKA is known to increase local tissue concentrations. The study that included 46 patients investigated using IORA Diclofenac to improve postoperative pain management in TKA, compared to IV Diclofenac. Broken up into two groups, one group received IORA Diclofenac and IV normal saline placebo and the second group received IV Diclofenac and 10 normal saline placebo.

To learn what the results were, listen to the full podcast here on AAHKS Amplified!

AAHKS Clinical Research Award Abstract

In This Episode:

Shaun P. Patel, MD – Digital Health and Social Media Committee Chair

At the 2024 AAHKS Annual Meeting, Shaun P. Patel, MD and Andrew M. Schwartz, MD sat down to speak with the winners of the 2024 Surgical Techniques & Technologies Award.  Two of the study’s authors, Aleksander Mika, MD and J. Ryan Martin, MD sat down to discuss if synovial fluid metal ion levels could be used to diagnoise aseptic loosening. Forty-three patients undergoing revision of a cemented TKA were included in the study and synovial fluid was collected at the time of revision surgery and analyzed for concentrations.

In this recording of AAHKS Amplified, the final results will shock you. Listen and enjoy! Thanks for supporting AAHKS Amplified!

AAHKS Surgical Techniques & Technologies Award Abstract   

In This Episode:

J. Ryan Martin, MD
Aleksander Mika, MD
Shaun P. Patel, MD – Digital Health and Social Media Committee Chair
Andrew M. Schwartz, MD

AAHKS Advocacy leaders discuss the basics of the upcoming mandatory CMS Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM) program, including what you need to know and watch out for in the program. Topics include where the mandatory model will take place, who the model conveners will be, the potential effect of not including ASCs in the model, the episode length, risk tracks within the model and whether. Listen now and review our summary to learn more about this program and how it can affect your practice!

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At the 2024 AAHKS Annual Meeting, Shaun P. Patel, MD and Matthew W. Bullock, DO  sat down to speak with the winner of the 2024 James A. Rand Young Investigator’s Award.  Two of the study’s authors, Anne DeBenedetti, MSc and Charles P. Hannon, MD, MBA addressed the question of what is the safest and most effective dose of intravenous (IV) dexamethasone administered during primary total knee arthroplaty (TKA)?

Of the 404 patients undergoing surgery across 11 centers, all were monitored for pain, nausea, vomitting and sleep. The patients were monitored for seven days postoperatively.

In this recording of AAHKS Amplified, the final results will shock you. Listen and enjoy! Thanks for supporting AAHKS Amplified!

AAHKS James A. Rand Young Investigator’s Award Abstract 

In This Episode:
Matthew W. Bullock, DO 
Anne DeBenedetti, MSc
Charles P. Hannon, MD, MBA
Shaun P. Patel, MD – Digital Health and Social Media Committee, Chair

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 respond to, it’s actually very difficult to answer and responses vary from patient to patient. In this recording, each surgeon shares how they carefully evaluate their patients to provide them with the best course of action as it relates to their health. With this being an elective surgery, they share how they take very careful measures to provide them with medical guidance that will benefit them as the patient and improve quality of life overall.  If you’re considering a hip or knee replacement, review our Patient Education website at hipknee.aahks.org/ for various articles that can help guide you along the journey of determining if you’re a candidate for surgery, ways of preparing for surgery, alternatives to surgery and so many more.

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In This Episode:
Obinna O. Adigweme, MD
Zachary C. Lum, DO
Adam A. Sassoon, MD, MS 

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, Georgia, moderated by AAHKS Diversity Advisory Board (DAB) Chair, Muyibat A. Adelani, MD. 

Dr. Adelani spoke with Thomas Pattillo and Chrissie Smith to learn what their journeys were like. You’ll learn what challenges they faced, what their selection process was for picking an orthopaedic surgeon, how they prepared for surgery and what weight loss requirements were imposed on them to begin the surgery process.

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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+ community. As members of a community that is underrepresented in medicine and arthroplasty, Drs. Bellamy and Scott provide a little insight into their journeys as surgeons, challenges and cultural best practices that we can learn from and interesting patient stories.

In this very open and transparent conversation, Dr. Lum explores the decisions of Drs. Bellamy and Scott to become orthopaedic surgeons. His goal in recording this podcast is to use the voices heard and information shared to support civil rights and equality. Celebrating the diversity that already exists within AAHKS and using that uniqueness to enrich our patient’s lives.

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In This Episode:
Jaime L. Bellamy, DO, MS
Zachary C. Lum, DO – Diversity Advisory Board Committee, Vice – Chair 
Chloe E.H. Scott, MD

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 that additional work is required and placed on surgeons who perform these kinds of surgeries versus your standard primary knee or hip replacement surgery. The goal was to quantify and provide data showing this.

Listen to the recording for more on Dr. Rozell’s findings on the association of complex cases and how it affects the surgeon.

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