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Since superior labrum lesions were first described in 1985 and the term “SLAP” lesion was coined in 1990, surgeons began to fixate on that region as a pain generator, especially in the overhead athlete population.In the wake of the burgeoning interest in superior labrum anterior-posterior (SLAP) lesions and the surrounding region, the SLAP repair emerged as the preeminent surgical

An upcoming study will aim to identify how joint replacement affects a patient’s golf game with use of a golf simulator paired with markerless motion analysis.“As an extension of this study, it would be interesting to be able to follow these patients with a golf simulator and a DARI Motion analysis (DARI Motion) over time,” Ryan W. Simovitch, MD, director of the shoulder

KOLOA, Hawaii — Dual mobility components in total hip arthroplasty are a proven concept that decrease dislocation rates in patients at high risk for instability, according to a presenter here.“[Dual mobility] is now highly popular worldwide,” Rafael J. Sierra, MD, orthopedic surgeon at the Mayo Clinic, said in his presentation at Orthopedics Today Hawaii. “I do not use

KOLOA, Hawaii — In this video from Orthopedics Today Hawaii, Richard W. McCalden, MD, discusses the use of modular and monoblock titanium fluted stems in the setting of revision total hip arthroplasty. “The message on both sides is that both of these [stems] work well. It is dealer’s choice,” McCalden, associate professor at the University of Western Ontario, told Healio.

KOLOA, Hawaii — Characteristics of shoulder instability may be identified by distinct imaging features on MRI, MR arthrography and CT, according to a presenter here.In her presentation at Orthopedics Today Hawaii, Pamela J. Lund, MD, national director of musculoskeletal imaging at SimonMed Imaging, said an integral key to accurately identifying shoulder instability is adherence to MRI

ORLANDO — A generative AI chatbot may be able to optimally influence patient behavior, according to the winning abstract from the 2024 Abstract Competition at the AIMed24 Annual Meeting.“Traditional methods to approach behavioral change in patients nowadays face significant drawbacks and significant challenges in the sense that they do not often account for the complexity and

ORLANDO — In this video from the AIMed24 Annual Meeting, Robin Stutman, MD, discusses the potential for AI in health care, as well as the ways it can bridge generational gaps. Stutman, an internist affiliated with the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, said she is interested in the capacity for AI to improve point-of-care solutions, earlier cancer triage, solutions for patients aged

ORLANDO — In a survey from the AMA, 48% of physicians reported experiencing symptoms of burnout in 2023 compared with 53% of physicians in 2022.Despite this improvement, Margaret Lozovatsky, MD, FAMIA, vice president of digital health at the AMA, said, “We have a long way to go. Half of our physicians are reporting that they are struggling, and we are seeing attrition.”

ORLANDO — AI can be harnessed to provide value to patients, health care administrators and clinicians, said a presenter at the AIMed24 Annual Meeting. According to Muhammad Mamdani, MPH, PharmD, MA, vice president of data science and advanced analytics at Unity Health Toronto, many surgeons struggle defining value in health care because “it is a bit obscure... there is no standard

ORLANDO — In this video from the AIMed24 Annual Meeting, Marissa Fayer discusses the use of novel AI imaging technology to assist radiologists in detecting breast cancer and cutting costs.“We have shown a 12% reduction in recall rates in breast imaging and mammography, and that translates to patients saving money, to radiology clinics saving money and the health care system in itself