Top Picks for Thursday, February 9th, 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
8:00 AM -10:00 AM | Moscone South, Room 306
Infection in Arthroplasty: The Basic Science of Bacterial Biofilms in Its Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention

8:00 AM -11:00 AM | Moscone West, Room 3011
Surgical Anatomy of 10 Common Upper Extemity Conditions
*Jeffrey R. Dugas, MD, Department Editor; St. Vincent’s Hospital, Birmingham, AL

8:00-10:00 AM (Moscone West, Room 3001) Diagnoses and Treatment of Chronic Ankle Pain

10:30 AM -12:30 PM | 2012 Moscone West, Room 2006
Coding and Reimbursement Update

*10:30-12:30PM | Moscone West, Room 2005
Shoulder and Elbow IV, Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty for Revision of Failed Should Arthroplasty

1:30 PM - 3:30PM | Moscone West, Room 2005
Orthopaedic Trauma Mythbusters

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM | Moscone South, Gateway Ballroom
Complications of Shoulder Arthroplasty: How To Avoid and How to Treat

1:30-3:30PM | Moscone West, Room 2012
What Every Resident Should Know About Wrist Fractures

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM | Moscone West, Room 3022
Dilemmas of the Throwing Shoulder, Dilemmas of the Throwing Shoulder
*James R. Andrews, MD, Editorial Advisory Board member; St. Vincent's Hospital, Birmingham, AL

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM | Moscone West, Room 3004
Sports Medicine/Arthroscopy III, Factors Most Closely Associated with Functional Outcomes in Rotator Cuff Repair Arthroscopic Primary Rotator Cuff Repairs in Patients under the Age of 45
*Brian J. Cole, MD, Associate Editor; Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM | Moscone South, Room 306
Innovative Techniques and Frontiers in Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty
*Jess Lonner, MD, Associate Editor; Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Moscone West, Room 2006
Arthroscopic Management of Shoulder Instabilities: Anterior, Posterior and Multidirectional
*Brian J. Cole, MD, Associate Editor; Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL