Perioperative Considerations in Shoulder Replacement Surgery

Jeffrey Berg, MD, FAAOS; Aaron Carter, MD, FAAOS; Thomas Fleeter, MD, MBA, FAAOS; Ryan Miyamoto, MD, FAAOS

The final section of this three-part series describes a range of considerations in the perioperative management of patients undergoing shoulder arthroplasty.

Limited Open Syndesmotic Reduction with Intraoperative Radiographic Evaluation for Fixation of Ankle Fractures

Drew Krumm, MD; Karl Roberts, MD, FAAOS, FAOA

The following article is a review of a video available via the AAOS Orthopaedic Video Theater (OVT). AAOS Now will routinely review “OVT Plus” videos, which are vetted by topic experts and offer continuing medical education credits.

Mobility Should Be the New Fifth Vital Sign

Michael S. Sridhar, MD, FAAOS; Michael J. Colello, MD

In its 1999 national pain-management strategy, the Veterans Health Administration identified pain as the fifth vital sign to join the classic four of temperature, heart rate, respiration rate, and blood pressure.