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The upcoming AAOS Annual Meeting will showcase the tremendous growth in innovation and technology recently seen in orthopedics. We are experiencing a transformation of orthopedics from a surgeon-based mentality to a patient-based focus unlike any other paradigm shifts seen in our profession.

Published results showed weight-bearing as tolerated in a hard-soled shoe was noninferior to use of a short leg cast for treatment of fifth metatarsal base avulsion fractures.

Results presented at the Virtual EFORT Congress showed patients with ankle fracture dislocations who presented at an ED later in the day had increased delay to ankle reduction and worse functional outcomes at 1 year.

Patients with ankle fractures involving the posterior malleolus treated with a posterior approach had similar outcomes to those treated with a traditional approach, according to published results.

Researchers from the University of Maryland School of Medicine observed inconsistencies between patient satisfaction reported during an inpatient stay and patient satisfaction reported after discharge, according to published results.

Register results showed worse DASH scores at 1 year for patients with combined distal radius and distal ulnar fractures vs. those with any type of distal radius fracture, a presenter said at the Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting.

Bone voids, or bone marrow lesions, and other bone defects of the skeletal system are typically non-traumatic, slow-healing injuries that occur below the surface of the bone on weight-bearing joints.

Published results showed use of CT capsular sign with lipohemarthrosis may effectively prevent unplanned surgery due to delayed diagnosis of occult ipsilateral femoral neck fractures in patients with high-energy femoral shaft fractures.

DePuy Synthes announced the launch of the Variable Angle Locking Compression Plate system, according to a press release.

Published results showed more than half of pediatric spinal fractures occurred in adolescents aged 15 to 17 years, with motor vehicle accidents reported as the most common mechanism of injury.