Explore AAOS 2023

A sample of topics our faculty will be presenting at AAOS 2023 include:

  • When the Physician Becomes the Patient: Considerations for Work, Life, and Leadership
  • Arthroscopic Simulation-based Training of Orthopaedic Surgery Residents: Past, Present, and Future
  • Cannabinoids and Orthopaedic Surgery: What We Know and Future Directions
  • It’s Okay Not to Be Okay: Tips for Orthopaedists to Guide Patients to Effective Pain Accommodation and the Limits of Modern Medicine
  • MicroRNA Profiling in Extraskeletal Osteosarcoma
  • Emerging Treatment Options for Massive Rotator Cuff Tears
  • Do Statins Reduce the Risk of Venous Thromboembolism After Ankle Fractures?
  • Can Patient-reported Screening Questions Identify Limited Health Literacy in Spine Patients?

Presentations

Read more about the paper presentations, case presentations, lectures and symposiums our Mass General clinicians are participating in at the 2023 AAOS Annual Meeting:

Tuesday, March 7

128: ICL 1.5-Hour • Spine
Moderator: S Hershman
Avoiding Pitfalls in Adult Spinal Deformity

029-039: Paper Presentations • Spine I
Moderator: S Hershman, B Neuman

046-051: Paper Presentations • Practice Management/Rehabilitation I
050: Surgeon Age, Years in Practice, and Gender are Associated with Patient Satisfaction Scores
AF Chen, JC Dziobek, L Lu, MB Harris

508-513: Paper Presentations • Spine VII
Moderator: S Hershman, N Price


Orthopaedic Video Theater

OVT110-OVT145: Sports Medicine
OVT113: Triple Tendon Transfer for Trapezius Paralysis
A Amesur, BT Elhassan, J Meter, TR Anthony, V Hoang

OVT140: Medial Patellofemoral Complex
Reconstruction: Single-Bundle Technique
MV Velasquez Hammerle, MD Price, MJ Tanaka, S Maier

OVT013-OVT020: Adult Reconstruction Hip
Superior Pubic Ramus Screw Fixation in Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty for Acetabular Bone Loss
CM Melnic, NP Sheth, WG Paprosky, YE Kerbel

Wednesday, March 8

052-062: Paper Presentation • Shoulder & Elbow
052: Determining the Drivers of Cost in Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair: A Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing (TDABC) Analysis
A Lu, C Wright, CY Kim, D Bernstein, E O'Donnell, JP Warner

074-084: Paper Presentations • Adult Recon Knee I
Moderators: S Davenport, YM Kwon

203: ICL 1.5-Hour • Basic Research
Cannabinoids and Orthopaedic Surgery: What We Know and Future Directions
Moderators: H Fogel, E Lord

206: ICL 1.5-Hour • Hand & Wrist
Ulnar Sided Wrist Pain: Diagnostic and Surgical Tips for Common Pathologies
N Chen, ER Wagner

222: ICL 1.5-Hour • Adult Reconstruction Hip
Adverse Local Tissue Reactions in Total Hip Arthroplasty: Applying AAOS/AAHKS/Hip Society Consensus Risk Stratification in Clinical Practice
Moderator: YM Kwon

228: ICL 1.5-Hour • Practice Management/Rehabilitation
Telemedicine after COVID: Lessons to Successfully Implement Telemedicine into Your Practice
MJ Tanaka, RC Mather

198-203: Paper Presentations • Adult Recontruction Hip III
200: The Diagnostic Performance of Routine Lab Tests for Identifying Periprosthetic Joint Infection following Hip Hemiarthroplasty
CM Melnic, HS Bedair, K Alpaugh, MS Salimy, TJ Humphrey

180-185: Paper Presentations • Foot and Ankle II
181: Can Venous Thromboembolism Be Predicted after Ankle Fractures: A Machine Learning Analysis
B Akhbari CW DiGiovanni, D Guss, D Shin, H Ghaednia, JH Schwab, N Ranganathan, N Nassour, SA Esfahani

184: Perspectives from Surgeons and Patients on What Should be Considered a Critical Portion of Foot and Ankle Procedures
AF Flaherty, B Lubberts, CW DiGiovanni, D Guss, GR Waryasz, N Heyrani, SA Esfahani, V Mathu

Thursday, March 9

308: ICL 1.5-Hour • Musculoskeletal Oncology
Advances in Surgical Planning and Reconstruction Options of the Shoulder Girdle after Oncologic Resection
B Elhassan

The Way I See It… 3 • Patient Care Non-technical
It’s Okay Not to Be Okay: Tips for Orthopaedists to Guide Patients to Effective Pain Accommodation and the Limits of Modern Medicine
B Elhassan, D Ring, MA O'Shaughnessy, C Curtin, HA Vallier, DG Pitts

328: ICL 1.5-Hour • Shoulder & Elbow
Emerging Treatment Options for Massive Rotator Cuff Tears
B Elhassan

Symposium O: Residents/Fellows
Arthroscopic Simulation Based Training of Orthopaedic Surgery Residents: Past, Present, and Future
JP Warner, S Barton, RM Frank, GT Nicandri, RL Angelo

266-276: Paper Presentations • Adult Recon Knee IV
271: Rates and Outcomes of Periprosthetic Joint Infection after Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty in People with Injection Drug Use
AM Tatara, CM Melnic, HS Bedair, K Alpaugh, SB Nelson, TJ Humphrey

288-298: Paper Presentations • Foot and Ankle III
295: Do Statins Reduce the Risk of Venous Thromboembolism after Ankle Fractures?
B Akhbari, CW DiGiovanni, D Guss, D Shin, H Ghaednia, JH Schwab, N Ranganathan, N Nassour, SA Esfahani

255-265: Paper Presentations • Trauma V
262: Fix ‘Em or Leave ‘Em Alone? Impact of Tibial Spine Fractures on Outcomes in Tibial Plateau Fractures
AR Shah, D Bailey, DT Watson, DS Stenquist, HR Mir, L Ohanisian, L Paladino, RW Sanders, S Albertson

310-320: Paper Presentations • Spine V
314: Can Patient-Reported Screening Questions Identify Limited Health Literacy in Spine Patients?
A Lans, D Tobert, JJ Verlaan, JR Bales, JH Schwab

317: An Externally Validated Algorithm for Prediction of In-Hospital and Ninety-Day Mortality after Spinal Epidural Abscess
AV Karhade, A Shah, DY Park, JH Schwab, MB Harris, OQ Groot, T Olson

Friday, March 10

410: ICL 1.5-Hour • Shoulder & Elbow
Moderator: JP Warner
The Scapula: The Greater Masquerader of Shoulder Pathologies
B Elhassan, J Sanchez-Sotelo

354-364: Paper Presentations • Adult Recon Knee
358: Periprosthetic Joint Infection in Patients on Suppressive Antibiotic Therapy Undergoing Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty
A Katakam, CM Melnic, HS Bedair, JA Dunahoe, M Heng, SB Nelson, TJ Humphrey

376-386: Paper Presentations • Shoulder & Elbow V
377: Predictors of Dislocations after Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty (RSA): A Study by the ASES Complications of RSA Multicenter Research Group
R Lohre, et al.

384: Higher Surgeon Volume is Associated with Lower Rate of Subsequent Revision Procedures following Total Shoulder Arthroplasty: A National Analysis with 2-Year Longitudinal Follow Up
A Khan, A Jawa, AD Armstrong, CJ Fedorka, D Haas, EC Makhni, ER Wagner, E O'Donnell, GF Updegrove, JE Simon, JP Warner, JA Abboud, MJ Best, MB Gottschalk, MM Malik, RM Belniak, U Srikumaran, X Zhang

398-408: Paper Presentations • MSK Oncology II
403: Treatment of Impending Fractures is More Cost-Effective than Treatment of Completed Pathological Fractures in the Long Bones: A Propensity-Score Matched Study of 399 Patients
D Shin, JN Doornberg, JH Schwab, MR Shimizu, OQ Groot, PC Jutte, SJ Janssen, TM De Groot

429: ICL 1.5-Hour • Practice Mgmt/Rehab
Moderator: MJ Tanaka
When the Physician Becomes the Patient: Considerations for Work, Life, and Leadership
C Bono, ML Routt, ML Ireland

472-477: Paper Presentations • Foot & Ankle IV
473: Metabolic Syndrome Increases Risk of Readmission and Complications in Operative Fixation of Pilon Fractures: Results from the ACS-NSQIP Database
CA Pean, M Fleming, N Suneja, R Ranson, Z Panton

Specialty Day Presentations

Tuesday, March 7

American Shoulder & Elbow Surgeons (ASES)

  • Symposium 5: Avoiding Common Mistakes in Shoulder Arthroplasty
    AD Mazzocca, CM Jobin, HD Routman, JM Wiater, VJ Sabesan, WN Levine

Saturday, March 11

Arthroscopy Association of North America and the Biologic Association (AANA/BA)

  • Case Panel: Recurrent ACL Tears 20 Year-Old College Soccer Player 40 Year-Old Weekend Warrior (When to LET vs. ALL vs. Internal Brace)
    A Saithna, AJ Bassett, CA Lee, MJ Salzler, MJ Tanaka, NA Sgaglione

Musculoskeletal Tumor Society (MSTS)
Moderators: S Lozano Calderon, L Nystrom

  • Sarcoma Strong Grants 2019: "MicroRNA Profiling in Extraskeletal Osteosarcoma"
    S Lozano Calderon

American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM)/ International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Medicine (ISAKOS)

  • Paper 06: Femoral Length on Lateral Knee Radiographs Influences Accuracy of Radiographic Landmarks for MPFC Reconstruction
    MJ Tanaka, R Bhimani, B Lubberts, GR Waryasz, K Mirochnik; SA Esfahani
  • Session VI: Rotator Cuff
    AP Toth, AD Mazzocca
  • Case Based Panel with the Experts: Complex Cuff Cases – How I Solve These (Rapid fire case discussion with stimulated “debate” between US and OUS panelists)
    AP Toth, AD Mazzocca, BC Werner, G Milano, IHB Wong, JM Tokish, NN Verma, AP Narbona

Posters

The 2023 AAOS Annual Meeting Poster Sessions include the following presentations from Mass General clinicians:

Poster Session 1

Poster No. 0268
A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis on the 2-Year Outcomes of Anatomic and Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty for Glenohumeral Osteoarthritis
A Jawa, BT Elhassan, DP Swanson, J Kirsch, JP Warner, K Le, PA Hart, RN Puzzitiello, R Churchill

Poster No. 0279
Transcutaneous Compression Suture with Iodine Gauze for the Treatment of Chronic, Fistulizing Wounds in Periprosthetic Shoulder Infections
B Hochreiter, E O'Donnell, F Grubhofer, K Wieser, L Ernstbrunner

Poster No. 0281
Risk Factors of Acromial and Scapular Spine Stress Fractures Differ by Indication: A Study of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Complications after Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty Multicenter Research Group
R Lohre, et al.

Poster No. 0405
Influence of Knee Malposition on Radiographic Measurements of Patella Alta
C Bowman; FJ Simeone, F Liu, MV Velasquez Hammerle, MJ Tanaka, PT Howard

Poster No. 0437
Femoral Length on Lateral Knee Radiographs Influences Accuracy of Radiographic Landmarks for Medial Patellofemoral Complex Reconstruction
B Lubberts, GR Waryasz, K Mirochnik; MJ Tanaka, R Bhimani, SA Esfahani

Poster No. 0466
Pathoanatomy and Outcomes in Tibial Plateau Fractures with an Associated Tubercle Fragment
AF Infante, D Bailey, DT Watson, DS Stenquist, HR Mir, L Ohanisian, L Paladino; RW Sanders, S Albertson

Poster No. 0491
Preoperative Hypoalbuminemia Increases 30-Day Risk of Major Complications, Mortality, and Readmission in Operative Fixation of Pelvis and Acetabulum Fractures
AG Von Keudell, CA Pean, J Lans, M DeBaun, M Fleming, U Martin Singh

Poster Session 2

Poster No. 0518
Dislocation after Debridement, Antibiotics, and Implant Retention for Periprosthetic Joint Infections of the Hip
CM Melnic, HS Bedair, MS Salimy, TJ Humphrey

Poster No. 0561
Does the Primary Surgical Approach Matter when Choosing the Approach for Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty?
HS Bedair, MS Salimy, BS, R Schwarzkopf, T Christensen, TJ Humphrey, V Aggarwal

Poster No. 0624
Sarcopenia is an Independent Risk Factor for Failure to Achieve the 1-Year Minimal Clinically Important Difference of the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score, Joint Replacement Short Form after Total Knee Arthroplasty
C Egan, CM Melnic, HS Bedair, J Jancuska, K Alpaugh, MS Salimy, TJ Humphrey

Poster No. 0672
Preoperative Bone Density Measurements from Computed Tomography (CT) Scans Predict 3-Month Healing of Surgically Treated Scaphoid Nonunions: A Multicenter Cohort Study
A Hofman, CJ Messinger, J Lans, NC Chen, S Miyamura, YAJ Hoftiezer

Poster No. 0748
Attitudes and Experiences in Implementing Patient Decision Aids from a Sample of Orthopedic Clinics in a Shared Decision Making Learning Collaborative
AJ Yates, AF Chen, B Ricciardi, DV Vigil, FA Marques, H Vo, HS Bedair, JD Slover, JG Eisler, K Sepucha, KD Valentine, L Leavitt, MS Kain, P Jayakumar, RM Wexler, TD Cha

Poster No. 0855
Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (Pseudogout) of the Lumbar Spine Predisposes to Higher Rates of Dural Tears and 90-Day Reoperations: Results of a Propensity Matched Analysis
DO Osei-Hwedieh, D Shin, JH Schwab, M Fourman, TM De Groot

Poster No. 0977
Do Long-Segment Blocking Screws Increase the Stability of Intramedullary Nail Fixation in Proximal Tibia Fractures, eliminating the Bell-clapper Effect?
D Donohue, DS Stenquist, G Ayala; HR Mir, M Mccaskey, M Diaz, S Munassi

Poster No. 0980
High-Energy Intertrochanteric Fractures in Young Patients: Injury Patterns and Factors Associated with Complications After Surgical Fixation
B Maxson, C Flanagan, D Bailey, DT Watson, DS Stenquist, HR Mir, L Paladino, RW Sanders, S Albertson