64th Annual Piedmont Orthopedic Society Meeting
The Piedmont Orthopedic Society is a traditional organization of “life-long learners” many of whom, because of their training and experience, are classified as experts. The annual meeting is an opportunity for these learners to conduct peer presentations, as well as review and discuss many different topics. The 64 year history attests to the continued support of this notion of the members being “life-long learners”. Additionally, through peer solicitation of topics for presentation, other assessment methods are used to discuss the material. Ongoing clinical and research presentations traditionally include epidemiological data; geographic data based on specific health problems of regional importance; and morbidity and mortality statistics introduced as complications of specific procedures. Quality Assurance statistics (QA) and/or Peer Review Data will document the need to address complications of a particular topic. Non-academic based physicians bring patient care audits for clinical critique. Because the Society has evolved from Duke University Medical Center trained orthopedic physicians, the members who now may or may not be at academic institutions still look to their peers from Duke to provide information in many different areas.
Learning Objectives
- Discuss how the use of multiple images of the hand, wrist, and forearm will better delineate the deformity so appropriate management can be performed.
- Discuss the current state of rotator cuff repair in massive injuries of the cuff and rehabilitation of these repairs and knee ligament reconstruction.
- Describe the projected outcome of the total knee and hip in patients with various preoperative co-morbidities in order to decide the most appropriate surgical approach as well as the type of implant and rehabilitation for an optimal outcome in each individual patient.
- Identify the best method of diminishing postoperative pain in patients with total hip and total knee arthroplasty.
Available Credit
- 20.70 JA Credit - AH