Top Picks for Tuesday, February 7th, 2012

See which scientific sessions your colleagues are looking forward to this year at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) 2012 annual meeting.

In a new initiative, The American Journal of Orthopedics is recommending certain daily highlights of the AAOS meeting. The highlights are chosen based on the recommendations of the editorial and resident advisory boards and include sessions that they have particular interest in as well as presentations made by board members.

Look to The American Journal of Orthopedics for timely, practical, and readable technical information of the highest caliber to the orthopedic surgeon involved in the everyday practice of orthopedics.

TOP PICKS
8:00 AM -10:00 AM | Moscone South, Room 303
Adult Reconstruction Knee I

10:30 AM -12:30 PM | Moscone South, Room 307
There Is a Fracture. How Do I Best Fix It? Applying Evidence Based Medicine to Surgical Decision Making
*David L. Helfet, MD, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY and Associate Editor of The American Journal of Orthopedics will be presenting “Wisdom of the masters: are 'experts' a thing of the past?”

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM | Moscone South, Room 307
Disaster Response Orthopaedics: Pearls from the Frontline

1:30 PM - 4:30 PM | San Francisco Marriott, Salon 9
The Top 10 Coding Errors Made by Practicing Orthopaedic Surgeons

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM | Moscone South, Gateway Ballroom
Controversies In Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty
*Michael A. Kelly, MD, Hackensack University Hospital, Hackensack, NJ, and Associate Editor of The American Journal of Orthopedics will be presenting "TKA Versus Patellofemoral Arthroplasty For Isolated Patellofemoral Arthritis.

2:45 PM - 4:15 PM | Moscone West, Room 2005
Basic and Clinical Science Advances in Understanding Femoroacetabular Impingement (FAI)

4:00 PM - 6:00PM | Moscone South Room 304
Surgical Techniques for Complex Proximal Tibia Fractures

4:00 PM – 6: 00 PM | Moscone South, Gateway Ballroom
Current controversies in shoulder surgery