Fundamentals of Hip and Knee Arthroplasty for Orthopaedic Residents presented by AAOS/AAHKS/The Hip Society/The Knee Society (May 18 - 20, 2018)

Fundamentals of Hip and Knee Arthroplasty for Orthopaedic Residents presented by AAOS/AAHKS/The Hip Society/The Knee Society is organized by American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons / American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) and will be held during May 18 - 20, 2018 at Science Care, Long Beach, California, United States of America. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 20 CME Credits.

Course highlights include:
• Preoperative planning and templating for hip and knee arthroplasty procedures
• The rationale behind and the surgical skills needed
• 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
• Maximize motion following TKA
• Discussions on practice management, as well as perioperative protocols and diagnosis and treatment of peri-prosthetic infection
• Optional 4-hour lab devoted to surgical tools for arthroplasty

Program Objectives:
• Identify the surgical anatomy as it relates to arthroplasty of the hip and knee
• Combine clinical and radiographic information in pre-operative templating of hip and knee Arthroplasty
• Practice exposure of the hip and knee with a variety of approaches
• Formulate strategies for intraoperative decision-making for releasing contractures, maximizing motion and retaining stability of the Arthroplasty
• Manage and avoid postoperative complications following arthroplasty

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.