THE ORTHOPAEDIC JOURNAL AT HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL 8 The Emergence of Augmented Reality in Orthopaedic Surgery and Education Dustin K. Baker, BS1,2 Charles T. Fryberger, BS1 Brent A. Ponce, MD1

BACKGROUND As a result of low-dose ionizing radiation exposure during clinical practice, female orthopaedic surgeons may be at increased risk for breast cancer. METHODS The 2009 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) membership directory was used to mail a survey to all female AAOS fellows. Survey responses were collected between June 2009 and June 2010 among 505 (69.7%) of the eligi...

Online case discussion may be used for the education of orthopaedic surgeons. The authors developed a website for discussing orthopaedic cases nine years ago and describe its management. It currently has 20,000 registered users.

BACKGROUND Several orthopaedic studies have suggested patient race and ethnicity to be important predictors of patient functional outcomes. This issue has also been emphasized by federal funding sources. However, the reporting of race and ethnicity has gained little attention in the orthopaedic literature. The objective of this study was to determine the percentage of orthopaedic randomized con...

INTRODUCTION International evidence-based guidelines for the management of patients with hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA) recommend to start with (a combination of) non-surgical treatments, and using surgical intervention only if a patient does not respond sufficiently to non-surgical treatment options. Despite these recommendations, there are strong indications that non-surgical treatments are...

BACKGROUND With the advent of smartphones together with their downloadable applications (apps), there is increasing opportunities for doctors, including orthopaedic sports surgeons, to integrate such technology into clinical practice. However, the clinical reliability of these medical apps remains questionable. We reviewed available apps themed specifically towards Orthopaedic Sports Medicine a...

BACKGROUND Patients' perceptions of care is an important factor in evaluation of health care, in quality assessment, and in improvement efforts. Expectations of assessments or procedures such as surgery have been found to be related to perceptions of outcome as well as satisfaction, and are therefore of interest to both clinicians and researchers. Increased understanding of these patient views ...

Symposium: Subspecialty certification: Current status of orthopaedic subspecialty certification. During the last twenty years, an increasing number of orthopaedic surgeons have chosen to subspecialize. As such, there has been an increased interest in subspecialty certification. In 1990, 44% of orthopaedic surgeons viewed themselves as general or-thopaedists and 21%, as specialists. Currently, t...

This study investigated the sensitivity of information processing, recall and orientation tasks to the presence of mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI). Fifty-six (40 male, 16 female) mTBI patients and 85 (57 male and 28 female) controls with orthopaedic injuries were tested within 24 hr of injury in the Department of Emergency Medicine. mTBI patients answered fewer orientation questions and reca...

INTRODUCTION: Orthopaedic prostheses implantation is an invasive surgical procedure, with an increased risk for post-operative infections. Since the life span and quality of these implants is improving and more prostheses are implanted every year, the incidence of post-operative infections will increase. Most implants are based on titanium or nickel-chromemolybdenum alloys, while their overall ...