Rothman Orthopaedic Institute

SAN DIEGO — Older adults who undergo minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion have comparable pain, disability and quality of life outcomes with younger adults, according to a presenter.

SAN DIEGO — Patients who received perioperative acetaminophen had significantly decreased opioid consumption following rotator cuff repair, according to results presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting.

Templating software can be helpful in cases when a CT scan alone is insufficient for proper preoperative planning of total shoulder arthroplasty and intraoperative placement of TSA implants, particularly the glenoid component.

For the first time since 2008, baseball and softball returned to the Summer Olympics, allowing for dreams to be made for both athletes and the physicians who care for them.

Surgical gloves are a common source of contamination in revision total joint arthroplasty cases; therefore, surgeons should consider intraoperative glove changes and thorough irrigation, according to a speaker.

According to published results, tranexamic acid administration reduced intraoperative blood loss and decreased the risk of 90-day complications for patients with preoperative coagulopathy who underwent total hip or knee arthroplasty.

Compared with tertiary care institutions, orthopedic specialty hospitals are associated with lower rates of deep surgical site infection at 1 year, according to published results.

For total disc replacement in patients with degenerative disc disease, an artificial disc is a safe option that improves pain relief, function, range of motion and decreases in opioid use, according to published results.

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.

A maximal outcome improvement of 43.1%, 62.1% and 61.4% for the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons, single assessment numeric evaluation and Constant-Murley questionnaires, respectively, may predict satisfaction after biceps tenodesis.