NYU Langone Health

LAS VEGAS — In this video from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Philipp Leucht, MD, FAAOS, discussed the efficacy of a perioperative, multimodal hip injection for patients undergoing surgery for hip fracture.

Targeting the B-cell maturation antigen protein has so far proved successful in treatment of relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma, dramatically increasing response rates and extending the time until disease progression.

LAS VEGAS — In this video from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Joshua C. Rozell, MD, discussed outcomes of a second perioperative dose of dexamethasone for patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty.

LAS VEGAS — In this video from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, John G. Kennedy, MD, and Arianna Gianakos, DO, spoke about in-office needle arthroscopy for patients with anterior ankle impingement.

LAS VEGAS — In this video from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Nicola Fabbri, MD, discussed the use of tranexamic acid for patients with metastatic cancer who undergo total hip arthroplasty or hemiarthroplasty.

LAS VEGAS — Presented results showed mortality rates in older patients with femoral neck or intertrochanteric hip fractures decreased from 2010 to 2019.

NEW ORLEANS — An automated, patient-specific, electronic health record-embedded tool was associated with increased prescriptions of mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists for patients with HF, the BETTER CARE-HF study showed.

In a cohort of South Asian Americans with uncontrolled BP, compared with the control group, those assigned to a community health worker-led intervention had greater odds of achieving BP control at 6 months, researchers reported.

DALLAS — Presented results showed high grit scores were associated with mental toughness, scholarly productivity and academic involvement in orthopedic surgery residents.

SAN FRANCISCO — Adjuvant nivolumab improved outcomes compared with placebo for patients with high-risk muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma, according to study results.