The VANCO Trial – What have we learned?

Interview with Devon Brameier, BM, BCh, Senior Clinical Research Coordinator, Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School Orthopaedic Trauma Initiative, Brigham and Women’s Hospital. We discuss their paper entitled “Use of Direct Oral Anticoagulants Among Patients With Hip Fracture Is Not an Indication to Delay Surgical Intervention” from the March 2024 Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma.

Interview with Dr. Brian Mullis, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Residency Director, Indiana University School of Medicine and Dr. Leilani Mullis, Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesia and Chair, Residency Selection Committee, Indiana University School of Medicine. We discuss their paper entitled “Orthopaedic Trauma and Anemia: Conservative versus Liberal Transfusion Strategy: A Prospective Randomized Study” in […]

An interview with Dr. Scott LaValva, lead author on the April 3, 2024 JBJS publication entitled “Robotics and navigation do not affect the risk of periprosthetic joint infection following primary total hip arthroplasty: A propensity score-matched cohort analysis”. Dr. LaValva is a PGY-4 orthopaedic surgery resident at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York […]

Discussion with Dr. Joseph Thomas Patterson, Assistant Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California on the VANCO Trial. Specifically, we discuss his paper in the January issue of the Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma entitled “The VANCO Trial Findings are Generalizable to a North American Trauma […]

In this episode, I chat with A. Noelle Larson, M.D., Professor of Orthopedics in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota on her group’s work entitled “The Effect of Implant Density on Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Fusion: Results of the Minimize Implants Maximize Outcomes Randomized Clinical Trial” that was published in […]

Dr. Faseeh Shahab, MBBS, MD, FCPS, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at Shahab Orthopaedic and General Hospital in Peshawar Pakistan discusses the management of these challenging cases. We chat about the workup, surgical techniques, and the particular challenges of these complex cases.

Dr. Robert O’Toole, Professor of Orthopaedic Trauma, Division Head of Orthopaedic Traumatology, Chief of Orthopaedics at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Program Director of the Orthopaedic Traumatology Fellowship Program, Department of Orthopaedics at the University of Maryland Medical Center discusses the recent METRC study comparing aspirin vs LMWH for DVT prophylaxis in ortho […]

Lewis Zirkle, M.D., President and Founder and Chairman of the Board of SIGN Fracture Care, discusses how SIGN got started, how their organization addresses disparities in modern fracture care around the world, and how future challenges will be navigated going forward. More info about SIGN can be found at signfracturecare.org

Interview with Dr. Kevin Plancher, Clinical Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City, and Team Physician for the US Ski and Snowboard Team. We discuss why you should be doing outpatient total joint replacement, tips for best practices, how […]

Interview with Dr. Benjamin Taylor, Fellowship Director of the Orthopaedic Trauma Fellowship at Grant Medical Center, Columbus Ohio, Associate Program Director for OhioHealth Orthopaedic Surgery Residency, and Associate Clinical Professor at Ohio University and Dr. David Galos, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University. […]