Hip Surgery

KOLOA, Hawaii — The Wagner cone prothesis in total hip arthroplasty for patients with difficult anatomy can provide high patient satisfaction and excellent functional outcomes and component survivorship, according to a speaker here.

Depressive symptoms were associated with underlying Alzheimer’s disease pathology and postoperative delirium in older adults who underwent hip fracture repair, according to a study published in American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.

ORLANDO — Orthopedic surgeons who play a role in the training of residents and fellows are not only “guardians of patient care,” according to a presenter here, but are obligated to promote new ways to improve how the physicians who will success them are trained.