Hip fracture studies lead to better care, understanding

Kathleen Louden

OREF award winner continues efforts to improve outcomes In 1984, at the start of his career as an orthopaedic surgeon, AAOS President Joseph D. Zuckerman, MD, received some advice that changed his research focus. But he heeded Dr. Frankel’s advice and began to study an injury that has gained in frequency and importance as the U.S. population has aged. In 1985, he established the hospital’s research-oriented Geriatric Hip Fracture Program.

What do we do while waiting for clinical standards?

Michael W. Keith, MD

The nature of orthopaedic quality is changing Orthopaedic surgeons are assessing and improving our professional practice quality. Clinical research has shown the impact of errors in medical training, management, record keeping, drug dispensing, medical decision making, and system-wide disparities.

Xenograft risks: What you and your patients need to know

Michael E. Trice, MD

Cross-species tissue transplantation presents distinct challenges Attempts at xenograft transplantation (the transmission of living organs, tissues, or cells from one species to another) were first performed in the early twentieth century. Today, the relative shortage of human organs and tissue available for transplantation has amplified interest in xenografts as alternatives to human-tissue transplants.