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Introducing the OTE200: A panel of orthopaedic peers whose opinions matter

Issue: Issue 5 2010

ByPer Kjaersgaard-Andersen, MD

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As chief medical editor of Orthopaedics Today Europe, I am proud to have been involved in its recent format changes along with the implementation of several new features to the publication. Our latest initiative is the creation of the Orthopaedics Today Europe 200 (OTE200) — a group of approximately 200 European orthopaedic professionals who are great educators and researchers from various national societies and institutions whose opinions we feel are representative of a general orthopaedic consensus.

Each month, we will send a survey to the members of the OTE200 that deals with current topics of interest among the orthopaedic community. Survey results will be published in every issue and online at ORTHOSuperSite.com. Our first OTE200 survey and a related perspective are presented below.

Sometimes the survey results will serve as a preview of a topic that will be covered in Orthopaedics Today Europe. Other times the survey results will be presented as supplemental information alongside our clinical news coverage on the same topic.

I would like to thank those members of the OTE200 who responded to our first survey, and ask that you please continue to provide your replies quickly in the future. It is through your participation that we are able to provide our readers with the most up-to-date clinical data and opinions on orthopaedic care.

In response to our first survey on fast-track rehabilitation programs for patients undergoing total joint replacement (TJR), Enrique Gómez-Barrena, MD, commented, “Social support and post-discharge paramedical support are probably important also, but patient and family expectations are crucial in my experience.”

George Bentley, ChM, FRCS, said, “Preoperative preparation, including advice on a rehabilitation program is most important.”

I agree with many of the OTE200 members who replied it is not just one factor that makes fast-track programs work. I still found it interesting to see, when asked to choose only one, the overall trend toward the management of patient expectations.

If you would like to be considered for membership on the OTE200, please e-mail me at ote@slackinc.com.

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