AAOS Now, Aug-Sept 2023
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Latino Surgeons See Their Future during AALOS Annual Meeting
The American Association of Latino Orthopaedic Surgeons (AALOS) held its own annual meeting during the AAOS 2023 gathering in Las Vegas. It was hailed as a success by members and supporters who filled the convention center room.
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President of the British Orthopaedic Association Attends AAOS Annual Meeting for Collaboration and Partnership
At the 2023 AAOS Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, AAOS Now Editorial Board member Selina C. Poon, MD, MPH, FAAOS, sat down with Deborah Eastwood, MB FRCS, current president of the British Orthopaedic Association (BOA) and past president of the European Pediatric Orthopaedic Society.
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Does Antibiotic Prophylaxis Decrease Infection Rate in Pediatric Supracondylar Humerus Fractures?
Sumit Gupta, MD, MPH, orthopaedic surgeon from the University of Missouri, presented a prospective, double-blinded, randomized, controlled trial at the 2023 Annual Meeting regarding the efficacy of using antibiotic prophylaxis to prevent infections after CRPP in SCHF patients.
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Study Finds High Local Recurrence Rate after Unplanned Sarcoma Excision
A study investigating outcomes after unplanned excisions of soft-tissue sarcomas found that the rate of local recurrence was higher in such circumstances than after planned excisions.