Top Picks for Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

See which scientific sessions your colleagues are looking forward to this year and other news from 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 OF THE DAY
7:00AM - 10:00AM | San Francisco Marriott, Golden Gate C2
Rotator Cuff: Surgical Skills
*Peter D. McCann, MD, Editor in Chief; Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Beth Israel Medical Center; and Professor of Clinical Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, New York, NY
*James R. Andrews, Editorial Advisory Board member; St Vincent Hospital, Birmingham, AL

7:00AM - 10:00 AM | San Francisco Marriott, Golden Gate C1
Osteotomy and Arthrodesis of the Forefoot and Hindfoot

8:00AM - 10:00 AM | Moscone South, Room 307
Safe Solutions for Common and Complex Wrist Conditions

8:00AM - 10:00 AM | Moscone South, Room 304
Charcot Foot: A Surgical Algorythm

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM | Electronic Skill Pavilion; Hall A, Booth 152
Electronic Health Record, Meaningful Use for the Small Orthopaedic Office

10:30 AM - 12:30 PM | Moscone West, Room 2002
Pediatrics I, Lower Extremity Long Bone Fractures in Obese vs. Non-obese Pediatric Trauma Patients
*Jeffrey Sawyer, MD, Associate Editor; Germantown, TN

10:30 AM -12:30 PM | Moscone West, Room 3004
Trauma III, Outcomes Following Internal Fixation of Femoral Neck Fractures with a Novel Locking Plate Implant
*David L. Helfet, MD, Associate Editor; Hospital for Surgery, New York, NY

10:30AM - 12:30 PM | Moscone West, Room 3022
Periprosthetic Infection: The Algorithmic Approach and the Emerging Evidence

10:30 AM -12:30 PM | Moscone South, Room 307
Should I use PRP for My Patients in the Office and Operating Room?
*Brian J. Cole, MD, Associate Editor; Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL

10:45AM – 11:25 AM | Electronic Skill Pavilion; Hall A, Booth 152
Filmless Radiology (PACS) for the Small Orthopaedic Office

1:30PM – 4:30 PM | Moscone West Room 3018
ICL 286 Complex Trauma to Shoulder Girdle

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM | Moscone West, Room 3022
Advances In Anterior Cruciate Surgery: Current Concepts And Evolving Approaches

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Moscone West, Room 2010
Stress Management and Balance for the Orthopaedic Surgeon

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Moscone South, Room 301
Distal Radius: What Cannot Be Fixed with a Volar Plate?

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Moscone West, Room 2024
Shoulder and Elbow III, Effect of Incomplete Reaming on Cement Failure in Total Shoulder Arthroplasty; Prospective, Randomized Study of Subscapularis Tenotomy vs. Lesser Tuberosity Osteotomy During TSA
*Christopher S. Ahmad, MD, Editorial Review Board member; Columbia University, New York, NY

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Moscone West, Room 3002
The Unstable Elbow: Current Concepts in Diagnosis and Treatment
*Christopher S. Ahmad, MD, Editorial Review Board member; Columbia Unive