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Despite an awareness for highly demanding surgical possibilities for patellofemoral instability among surgeons, published results showed disagreement among surgeons when selecting individual operative treatment, especially in cases of increased complexity.

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons has released updates to its glenohumeral joint osteoarthritis clinical practice guidelines, including new trends, evidence and treatment recommendations.

Thursday night was date night with my wife. We had a reservation at a lower Manhattan restaurant that takes months in advance to get a reservation. The night was a special evening for us. The multicourse meal was filled with amazing dishes with fantastic flavors and great scents and an amazing wine to complement the chef’s selections of contemporary Asian cuisine. This would be the last meal my wife and I would taste or smell for more than 2 weeks.

Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc. provided information on important actions it is taking to address the COVID-19 pandemic, a preliminary estimated revenue growth range for the first-quarter 2020 and an update regarding its full-year 2020 financial guidance.

Orthopedic groups are struggling with the strain that the COVID-19 pandemic has put on their day-to-day operations. Many groups have had to postpone non-emergency appointments and surgeries and have reduced or furloughed staff.

The American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons announced C. Lowry Barnes, MD, as president during its board of directors meeting, which was held on video conference due to the cancellation of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting.

Second Sight Medical Products will lay off 84 of its 108 employees due to the global COVID-19 outbreak, according to a press release.

Due to the spread of COVID-19 beyond China, Smith & Nephew has withdrawn its full-year 2020 financial guidance, which was issued in February and had “assumed a normalization of the COVID-19 outbreak early in the second quarter,” according a company press release. The company has also issued a statement on the impact of the virus.

Ken Reali has been named the new CEO of Bioventus, according to a company press release.

Use of surgical jackets and bouffants during surgery may be neither beneficial nor cost-effective in preventing surgical site infections, according to published results.