AAOS Total Joint Arthroplasty for Orthopaedic Residents

This surgical skills course is designed to provide orthopaedic residents with the skills necessary to improve their performance of hip and knee arthroplasty while expanding their understanding of the principles of perioperative management needed to improve outcomes following these procedures. Course sessions include a balance of brief didactic lectures outlining the relevant surgical anatomy along with the underlying principles and surgical techniques required to perform the procedures. Panel discussions, faculty-led small group interactions, as well as an abundance of faculty supervised hands-on time in the cadaver lab round out the program. For those who would like to spend an additional afternoon in improving their tool use skills, a separate lab focusing on tool use will also be available.

At the conclusion of the course, residents will be proficient at conducting preoperative planning and templating for hip and knee arthroplasty procedures, and will develop a better understanding of the rationale behind and the surgical skills needed to monitor and reproduce leg lengths in THA, monitor and improve hip stability during THA, release soft tissues to obtain appropriate limb and implant alignment during TKA, and maximize motion following TKA.