Osteoporosis News

SEATTLE — In this video from the Orthopaedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting, Richard S. Yoon, MD, FAAOS, and Michael A. Maceroli, MD, discussed treating acetabular fractures in older patients.

The Academic Orthopaedic Consortium Business & Leadership Symposium will gather the clinical and administrative leadership across university-based musculoskeletal enterprises to share best practices across the business and leadership of academic missions.

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons has issued formal comments urging CMS to reform the proposed payment policy changes in the Medicare program for 2024, according to a press release.

The American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons has issued comments to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation advocating for physician involvement in the design and implementation of alternative payment models.

ChatGPT correctly answered 54.3% of questions on the Orthopaedic In-Training Examination, a grade that corresponds with those from a postgraduate year-1 orthopedic resident, according to published results.

THOROFARE, N.J. — We are deeply saddened by the devastating and deadly impact of the wildfires that swept through the island of Maui in Hawaii a month ago.

According to results published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, conventional ventilation and laminar airflow were effective for keeping methylmethacrylate fumes below harmful levels during closed bone cement mixing under vacuum.

Published results showed the validated fracture risk assessment tool, known as FRAX, may underestimate the risk of some vertebral fractures and subsequent clinical fractures, such as major osteoporotic fractures and hip fractures.

SANTA FE, N.M. — In this video exclusive, Michael R. McClung, MD, discusses strategies for drug holidays and transitions between osteoporosis therapies.

SANTA FE, N.M. — In this video exclusive, E. Michael Lewiecki, MD, FACE, FACP, describes Bone Health ECHO, a virtual community of physicians who review osteoporosis and bone-disease cases together each week via video conferencing.