AAOS releases first pediatric clinical practice guidelines

Ernest L. Sink, MD

Recommendations focus on treating pediatric diaphyseal femur fractures Pediatric diaphyseal femur fractures account for 1.4 percent to 1.7 percent of all pediatric fractures. Of every 100,000 children who sustain a fracture annually, approximately 19 will have femoral shaft fractures. Many different options for treating femoral shaft fractures exist, and treatment is dictated by patient age, fracture characteristics, and the social situation.

AAOS Guidelines: A leadership step in the right direction

Kristy L. Weber, MD

Frequently asked questions about clinical practice guidelines The AAOS Vision Statement maintains that the AAOS will be “the authoritative source of knowledge and leadership in musculoskeletal health.” The reality of healthcare reform makes it more important than ever for the Academy to fulfill this claim.

Achieving academic success in a clinical world

Erin Lynn Ransford

Clinician scientists face unique balancing act Alan B. Dang, MD; Rowena McBeath, MD; Tamara K. Pylawka, MD; and Chadi A. Tannoury, MD, share a common career ambition—finding success as both clinicians and researchers. As participants in the 2009 Clinician Scientist Development Program (CSDP), they took a major step in achieving that goal.

Predicting metastasis in osteosarcoma

Jay D. Lenn

OREF-funded research seeks to spare patients unnecessary pain Hue H. Luu, MD As a result, systemic chemotherapy treatments are generally prescribed for all osteosarcoma patients. If clinicians could identify whether the metastatic disease will develop, however, some patients could be spared the chemotherapy and its side effects. That’s the challenge taken on by Hue H. Luu, MD. A recipient of a 2007 Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF) Research Grant, Dr.