Sex-related Differences in Sports Medicine: Bone Health and Stress Fractures

Terry Stanton

During an Instructional Course Lecture presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting, panelists Mary K. Mulcahey, MD; Jo A. Hannafin, MD, PhD; Elizabeth A. Arendt, MD; and Karen M. Sutton, MD, discussed the influence of sex-related factors on treatment outcomes and return to play in sports medicine.

Minimally Invasive Surgery Gains Traction Among Foot and Ankle Surgeons

Jorge I. Acevedo, MD; Jesse Doty, MD

Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) of the foot refers to percutaneous procedures through very small incisions, such as osteotomies using specialized burrs.

JAMM Course Director Details the Latest Trends in Total Hip and Total Knee Arthroplasty

Kerri Fitzgerald

The 2020 Joint Arthroplasty Mountain Meeting (JAMM)® will take place Feb. 2–5, 2020, in Park City, Utah, offering strategies to improve operative performance and patient outcomes for total hip arthroplasty (THA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA). JAMM Course Director Adolph V. Lombardi Jr, MD, FACS, spoke with AAOS Now about the latest research and updates in joint arthroplasty.

Spine Surgeon Investigates Low-level Laser Therapy

Eeric Truumees, MD

In July, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared the Erchonia FX 635, a low-level laser therapy (LLLT) device, for “whole body” pain. As a spine surgeon, I was aware that this technique was used in some patients with chronic low back pain but was always skeptical about claims involving lasers and diffuse pain.

Mary K. Mulcahey, MD, Details ACL Tears in Female Athletes

Terry Stanton

In a session on sex-related factors in sports medicine at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting, Mary K. Mulcahey, MD, of Tulane University School of Medicine, addressed anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears in female athletes, covering topics such as risk factors for injuries, return to play, and prevention.

Georgia and the Georgia Orthopaedic Society Respond to the Opioid Epidemic

Kelly Homlar, MD; J. Wendell Duncan, MD

This letter is in response to the article “Disposal of Unused Opioid Medications: Aligning Patient Needs and Provider Expectations,” which was written by T.K. Miller, MD; Malek Bouzaher, BS, MS; Susan Giampalmo, BS; and Joseph T. Moskal, MD, and published in the February issue of AAOS Now.

Orthopaedic Surgeons Cannot Perform Stem Cell Injections in the United States Unless Under FDA Protocol

C. Thomas Vangsness Jr, MD

I read with great interest the review written by Duncan Ackerman, MD, that detailed his problem in North Dakota with stem cell injection clinics.