HSS | Hospital for Special Surgery

This collaboration between Hospital for Special Surgery in New York and Medscape is designed to provide practicing clinicians with updates and analysis on clinically important topics in orthopedics, rheumatology, anesthesiology and other topics in musculoskeletal health.

• Revamped APS Criteria and Their Impact on Clinical Research Dr Medha Barbhaiya and Dr Doruk Erkan answer questions about the new ACR-EULAR criteria and how they improve upon Sapporo APS classification criteria last updated in 2006.
  Hospital for Special Surgery, December 6, 2023
• Coalition Aims to Halve ACL Injuries in High School Athletes Dr Andrew Pearle explains the new National ACL Injury Coalition's goal to reduce ACL injuries in youth athletes by expanding the use of neuromuscular training exercises.
  Hospital for Special Surgery, September 1, 2023
• Lifestyle Medicine Program Uses Novel Approach to Care HSS physiatrist Heidi Prather, DO, discusses a new lifestyle medicine program for people with musculoskeletal conditions and coexisting lifestyle-related diseases in this interview.
  Hospital for Special Surgery, August 16, 2023
• HSS, Arthritis Foundation Spotlight Neglected Hip OA Research Convenors of a recent hip osteoarthritis (OA) conference discuss current state-of-the-art practices in hip OA and identify clinical research gaps to advance clinical understanding and treatment.
  Hospital for Special Surgery, May 18, 2023
• More Guidance Needed for Cancer Screening in Rheumatology Karmela Kim Chan, MD, discusses new myositis cancer screening guidelines as a good starting point for future needed efforts to guide cancer screening in patients with rheumatic diseases.
  Hospital for Special Surgery, January 12, 2023

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• Healing Osteomyelitis After Intertrochanteric Femur Fracture A 62-year-old man's late postoperative infection after hip fracture surgery developed into osteomyelitis, but over a 2-year period he was able to achieve fracture union and decreased bacterial burden.
  Grand Rounds From HSS: Management of Complex Cases, August 16, 2023
• Periprosthetic Humerus Fracture Around an Arthroplasty Stem The case of an 81-year-old man with a left shoulder hemiarthroplasty performed 12 years prior who fell and sustained a periprosthetic humeral fracture.
  Grand Rounds From HSS: Management of Complex Cases, April 17, 2023
• ANA Testing in a Postpartum Patient at Risk for Dermatomyositis The progression of a 32-year-old woman's dermatomyositis -- a rash that resolved during pregnancy, only to recur postpartum, along with fatigue and weakness.
  Grand Rounds From HSS: Management of Complex Cases, May 4, 2021

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• What Can You Learn Through a Telehealth Shoulder Exam?   Dr Samuel Taylor discusses opportunities and provides advice for an effective virtual exam of the shoulder.
  Hospital for Special Surgery eAcademy, November 12, 2021
• Techniques for a Telehealth Exam of the Knee   Drs Joseph Lamplot and Samuel Taylor discuss techniques for a telehealth exam of the knee.
  Hospital for Special Surgery eAcademy, November 12, 2021
• Choosing a Management Strategy in RA   Drs Paget and Bykerk discuss the current data on treatment timing, disease modification, and comorbidities in rheumatoid arthritis.
  Hospital for Special Surgery eAcademy, November 30, 2016
• Comorbidities in Inflammatory Joint Disease   Drs Paget and Schwartzman discuss both rare and common comorbidities, and the latest strategies to prevent their damaging effects.
  Hospital for Special Surgery eAcademy, November 30, 2016

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