Surgical Technique

Healio highlights the Surgical Techniques that were published in Orthopedics Today in 2024.

Welcome to another edition of CEDARS/ASPENS Debates. CEDARS/ASPENS is a society of cornea, cataract and refractive surgery specialists, here to discuss some of the latest hot topics in ophthalmology.

It is July, and new residents are starting on the path to becoming ophthalmologists and part of our eye surgery community.

The Latarjet procedure has been shown to restore anterior glenohumeral stability with bone loss, although the rate of recurrence has been reported as high as 5% to 19%.

Tears of the scapholunate ligament are common wrist ligament injuries and can be partial or complete. Partial ligament tears can initially be treated nonoperatively, however operative treatment can be considered if symptoms persist.

Computer-assisted total joint arthroplasty has become more popular in the 2 decades since its introduction.

Treatment of co-afflicted athletes with femoroacetabular impingement and osteitis pubis or core muscle injury has been a challenging dilemma. Recent developments in peripubic endoscopic surgery may provide a long-awaited solution.

Credit goes to Donald H. LaLonde, MD, FRCSC, at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, who helped debunk the idea that epinephrine is unsafe to use in digits and developed more comfortable methods of local anesthesia.

KOLOA, Hawaii — It is important for eye surgeons of all subspecialties to evolve their surgical techniques throughout their career, a presenter here said.

Healio highlights the monthly Surgical Techniques of Orthopedics Today that were published in 2022.