The following abstracts were presented at the podium during the 25th AAHKS Annual Meeting from November 5-8, 2015 at the Dallas Sheraton Hotel in Dallas, Texas, USA.
AAHKS Awards
The James A. Rand Young Investigator’s Award
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Oral and IV Tranexamic Acid: The Same Efficacy at Lower Cost?
Young Investigator: Yale A. Fillingham, MD, Chicago, IL
Senior Author: Craig J. Della Valle, MD
Co-Authors: Erdan Kayupov, MS, Darren Plummer, MD, Mario Moric, MS, and Tad Gerlinger, MD
The Lawrence D. Dorr Surgical Techniques & Technologies Award
Conversion Total Hip Arthroplasty: Is it a Primary or Revision Hip Arthroplasty
Ran Schwarzkopf, MD, MSc, Scarsdale, NY
Co-Author: Mahta Baghoolizadeh, BS
The AAHKS Clinical Research Award
Liposomal Bupivacaine and Peri-articular Injection are Not Superior to Single Shot Intra-articular Injection for Pain Control in Total Knee Arthroplasty
Rajesh K. Jain, MD, MPH, Marlton, NJ
Co-Authors: Scott D. Schoifet, MD, FACS, Manny D. Porat, MD, Gregory G. Klingenstein, MD, Jeremy J. Reid, MD, Robert E. Post, MD
Abstracts in Numeric Order
- Alarming National Obesity Trends in Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty
Susan M. Odum, PhD, Charlotte, NC - Patients Improve Substantially Less after Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty for Flexion Instability vs. Failures Related to Infection or Wear-related Osteolysis
Christopher W. Grayson, MD, Indianapolis, IN - A Novel System for Determining Clinically Relevant Loosening of Total Knee Arthroplasty Components
Brian P. Chalmers, MD, Rochester, MN - Contribution of Surface Polishing and Sterilization Method to Backside Wear in Total Knee Replacement
Edward M. Vasarhelyi, MD, MSc, FRCSC, London, ON, Canada - Long Term Outcomes of 925 Extensively Porous-coated Stems in Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty
Peter Keyes Sculco, MD, New York, NY - Frequency and Treatment Trends for Periprosthetic Fractures about Total Hip Arthroplasty in the United States
John S. Cox, MD, Portland, OR - Obesity is a Risk Factor for Early Aseptic Loosening and Osteolysis of Hip Replacements
Ali J. Electricwala, MD, Maharashta, India - Revision of Monoblock MoM Total Hip Arthroplasty – Is There a Place for Dual Mobility Cup Extraction?
Clint J. Wooten, MD, Charlotte, NC - 10-Year Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial of Mobile-bearing vs. Fixed-bearing TKA
Matthew P. Abdel, MD, Rochester, MN - Total Knee Outcomes Correlate Strongly with Spine Disability
William C. Schroer, MD, St. Louis, MO - Does Pain and Function Differ after Primary TKR with Cemented vs. Cementless Fixation?
David C. Ayers, MD, Worcester, MA - Does Use of a Variable Distal Femur Resection Angle Improve Radiographic Alignment in Total Knee Arthroplasty?
Dennis Nam, MD, MSc, St. Louis, MO - No Improvement in Two-Year Functional Outcomes Using Kinematic vs. Mechanical Alignment in TKA – A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial
Simon W. Young, MBChB, FRACS, Auckland, New Zealand - Differential Effect of Total Knee Arthroplasty on Valgus and Varus Knee Biomechanics During Gait
Jose A. Rodriguez, MD, New York, NY - Prior Lumbar Spinal Arthrodesis Increases Risk of Prosthetic-related Complication and Revision Surgery in Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty
David C. Sing, BA, San Francisco, CA - Validated Risk Stratification System for Pulmonary Embolism Following Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty
Daniel D. Bohl, MD, New Haven, CT - Individualized Risk Model for VTE Following TJA
Ronald Huang, MD, New Haven, CT - The Interaction of Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome in Determining Risk of Complication Following Total Joint Arthroplasty
Adam I. Edelstein, MD, Chicago, IL - Pre-operative Reduction of Opioid Use Prior to Total Joint Arthroplasty
Long-Co Nguyen - Long-acting Opioid Use Independently Predicts Perioperative Complication in Total Joint Arthroplasty
Erik N. Hansen, MD, San Francisco, CA - Formal Physical Therapy After Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty May Not Be Necessary
Richard H. Rothman, MD, Philadelphia, PA - Direct Anterior Approach Does Not Reduce Dislocation Risk
Joseph D. Maratt, MD, Ann Arbor, MI - Assessment of the Impact of Anterior vs. Posterior Surgical Approach for Total Hip Arthroplasty on Post-acute Care Service Utilization
Coles E. L’Hommedieu, MD, St. Louis, MO - Evaluation of Highly Cross-linked Polyethylene Articulating with 28mm and 36mm Heads Using Radiostereometric Analysis (RSA)
Harry E. Rubash, MD, Boston, MA - Minimum 10 year Multi-center Study of THR with Highly Cross-linked Polyethylene and Large Diameter Femoral Heads
Charles R. Bragdon, PhD, Boston, MA - A Multi-center, Prospective, Randomized Study of Outpatient vs. Inpatient Total Hip Arthroplasty
Nitin Goyal, MD, Alexandria, VA - Oral Antibiotics Reduce Reinfection Following 2-stage Exchange: A Multi-center, Randomized Controlled Trial
Craig J. Della Valle, MD, Chicago, IL - The Alpha-defensin Test for PJI is Not Affected by Prior Antibiotic Administration
Carl A. Deirmengian, MD, Philadelphia, PA - Articulating vs. Static Spacers in the Management of Periprosthetic Knee Infection: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Peter N. Chalmers, MD, Chicago, IL - What is the Benefit of Staphylococcal Screening and Treatment Prior to Elective Hip/Knee Arthroplasty?
Scott M. Sporer, MD, MS, Winfield, IL - Do Injections Increase the Risk of Infection Following TKA?
Nicholas A. Bedard, MD, Iowa City, IA - The Timing of THA after Intra-articular Hip Injection affects Postoperative Infection Risk
Jourdan M. Cancienne, MD, Charlottesville, VA - Prospective Comparison of Tranexamic Acid vs. a Bipolar Sealer in Reducing Blood Loss in Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty
Stephen M. Walsh, MD, Bangor, ME - Tranexamic Acid Reduced Blood Loss but not Transfusion after Hip Arthroplasty for Femoral Neck Fracture: A Randomized Clinical Trial of 138 Patients
Chad D. Watts, MD, Rochester, MN - Hypoalbuminemia Predicts Joint Infection, Pneumonia, and Readmission after Total Joint Arthroplasty
Erdan Kayupov, MD, Chicago, IL - Peri-articular Liposomal Bupivacaine Offers No Benefit over Bupivacaine in Total Knee Arthroplasty
Matthew S. Austin, MD, Philadelphia, PA - A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Adductor Canal and Intra-articular Catheters for Pain Management after Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty
Antonia F. Chen, MD, MBA, Philadelphia, PA - Can Short but Reliable Measures of Knee-specific Function be Constructed Using Item Response Theory?
Barbara Gandek, PhD, Worcester, MA - Avascular Necrosis a Genetic Disease? A Genome-wide Association Study
Cody C. Wyles, BS, Rochester, MN - Economic Impact of Ketorolac vs. Corticosteroid Intra-articular Knee Injections for Osteoarthritis
Siraj A. Sayeed, MD, Fort Sam Houston, TX - Average 10 Year Results of the Bernese Periacetabular Osteotomy for Severe Acetabular Dysplasia
Stephen T. Duncan, MD, Lexington, KY - Femoral Morphology in Acetabular Dysplasia: Are Cam-Lesions Common?
Russell P. Swann, Indianapolis, IN - When Hip Scopes Fail, They Do So Quickly
John J. Callaghan, MD, Iowa City, IA - Hip Arthroscopy Failure in the Setting of Acetabular Dysplasia: A Concerning Trend?
Jacob A. Haynes, MD, St. Louis, MO - Safe Selection of Outpatient Joint Replacement Patients with Medical Risk Stratification: The “OARA Score”
R. Michael Meneghini, MD, Fishers, IN - Comparing Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty Post-discharge Care Duration, Costs, and Outcomes
Karthikeyan E. Ponnusamy, MD, Baltimore, MD - We Can Safely Reduce the Utilization of Home Visiting Nurse Services Following Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty
James J. Purtill, MD, Philadelphia, PA - Risk Reduction Efforts Do Not Decrease 30-day Primary Hip and Knee Readmissions for Disadvantaged CMS Patients
James A. Keeney, MD, Columbia, MD - Medicare’s Hospital Acquired Conditions Policy: A Problem of Non-Payment After Total Joint Arthroplasty
Kyle R. Duchman, MD, Iowa City, IA - Differences in Hospital Billing for Total Joint Arthroplasty Based on Hospital Profit Status
Brett M. Hall, MD, San Antonio, TX - The Effect of the Medicare 3-Day Rule on Patient Length of Stay and Disposition after Total Hip Arthroplasty
Victor H. Hernandez, MD, Miami, FL - What is the Natural History of “Asymptomatic” Pseudotumours in MoM THA Minimum 4-year MARS MRI Longitudinal Study
Young-Min Kwon, MD, PhD, Boston, MA - National Trends in Bearing Surface Usage of Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty in Extremely Young Patients From 2009-2012
Eric L. Smith, MD, Boston, MA - The Effect of Flexural Rigidity, Taper Angle, and Contact Length on Fretting and Corrosion at the Head-neck Junction
Y. Julia Kao, MD, Atlanta, GA - Effect of Contamination on Torque Testing of the Taper Junction in Total Hip Arthroplasty
Ryan M. Palmer, DO, Dublin, OH - Does Taper Design Have an Effect on Taper Damage in Retrieved Total Hip Devices?
Genymphas Higgs, Philadelphia, PA
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