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Dr. David Lowenberg, Clinical Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine, Emeritus Chief of Orthopaedic Trauma, and recent past President of OTC International and the FOT discusses the management of infected fractures. He describes the most common mistakes made, his tips for local antibiotic use, which management techniques and principles have evolved (and which remain the same), and what the future might hold in this field.

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Surena Namdari, MD, Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Fellowship Director and Co-Director of Shoulder & Elbow Research at the Rothman Institute in Philadelphia, and attending surgeon at Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals discusses his approach to the management of geriatric proximal humerus fractures. What are the surgical criteria? How should we choose between ORIF and arthroplasty? What are some important tips to achieve good results with these operative treatments? Dr. Namdari will also be moderating a panel on proximal humerus fractures at the upcoming Philadelphia Orthopaedic Trauma Symposium live webinar on June 12, 2021. Details at orthoclips.com

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Nancy Yen Shipley, MD, orthopaedic surgeon, speaker, writer, and host of “The 6% with Nancy MD” podcast discusses barriers, dispels myths, tells her personal stories, and suggests how we can improve the current underrepresentation of women in orthopaedic surgery. Dr. Shipley practices at Multnomah Orthopedic Clinic in Portland, OR. Check out her website at nancymd.com or her podcast on Apple/Spotify/Google.

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Grant D. Hogue, MD, Attending Orthopedic Surgeon, Boston Children’s Hospital and Instructor of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School discusses marijuana and fracture healing. As marijuana legalization becomes more prevalent and opioid use is discouraged, it is likely that more of our patients will turn to marijuana. But how well has it been studied in our population? Does it impair fracture healing? Dr. Hogue discusses his own group’s investigations as well as future directions that are needed in order to better understand this issue.

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John P. DiFiori, MD, Director of Sports Medicine for the NBA and Chief of the Primary Sports Medicine Service at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York discusses the NBA ‘bubble’ – how they got there, why it worked, and the lessons learned. In addition, we discuss the potential challenges for the upcoming NCAA basketball season and how sports and sports medicine will likely be changed forever after the COVID19 pandemic of 2020.

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Info about the upcoming 12th Annual Philadelphia Orthopaedic Trauma Symposium June 13

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Dr. Eric Gokcen, Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine and Director of Foot and Ankle Surgery at Temple University discusses controversies with the management of achilles tendon ruptures, specifically operative versus nonoperative pathways. He also provides his tips for success with managing these both nonoperatively and operatively, including his current surgical techniques.

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Dr. Jeffrey L. Gum, Adult and Pediatric Spine Surgeon at the Norton Leatherman Spine Center and Assistant Professor at the University of Louisville, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, explains his group’s study investigating this problem. He discusses the important factors that trainees should prioritize, the pitfalls and common mistakes and misperceptions that trainees have when looking for that first job, and how to do it right.

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Dr. Fernando Vilella-Hernandez, Assistant Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Miami and Chief Medical Officer for Orthopaedics at Jackson Memorial Hospital discusses the management of distal femoral fractures in the elderly. ORIF vs distal femoral replacement, technical considerations for distal femoral replacement, what the current literature teaches us, and challenges when managing these injuries are discussed.

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Joshua Pahys, MD from Shriners Hospitals for Children – Philadelphia and Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Jefferson University discusses prevention of infection after spine surgery. Although uncommon, postoperative deep infections can be devastating and require extensive treatment to overcome. He gives his top 5 tips to prevent infection, describes the current evidence behind topical antibiotics like vancomycin, the biggest challenges we continue to face, and what researchers are currently investigating to improve our abilities to prevent infections.

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