Rothman Orthopaedic Institute

WAILEA, Hawaii — Patients with stable or unstable elbow dislocations can usually be treated nonoperatively, according to a presenter at Orthopedics Today Hawaii.

WAILEA, Hawaii — In this video from Orthopedics Today Hawaii 2021, Joseph A. Abboud, MD, spoke about the management and treatment options for rotator cuff disease.

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.

Rothman Orthopaedic Institute has announced Christopher T. Olivia, MD, as CEO, according to a press release.

Anterior, lateral and posterior surgical approaches for total hip arthroplasty showed no differences in overall early cumulative percent revision rates, based on published results.

According to published results, orthopedic residents who received formal medical coding education better identified proper billing codes for common procedures compared with residents who received no coding education.

As difficulties exist in the diagnosis of infection in orthopedic surgery, researchers have turned their attention to serum markers, next-generation sequencing and phage therapy as possible diagnosis solutions, according to a presenter.

When deciding which patients qualify for outpatient procedures, surgeons should use experienced “eyeballs” with risk stratification assessment tools and neither of these should be used alone, according to an adult reconstruction specialist.

Fructosamine can be a good glycemia screening tool and elevated levels can have a predictive role for periprosthetic joint infection in patients who undergo elective total hip arthroplasty, according to presented results.

Daryl C. Osbahr, MD, has been named managing director and chief of orthopedic surgery for Rothman Orthopaedic Institute’s central Florida expansion – Rothman Florida, according to a press release.