2026 High-Yield Case Discussions for Boards & OITE: Distal Femur and Patella

Listen in as host Dr. Michael Blankstein chats with Drs. Mai Nguyen and Carla Smith about the Task Force created to provide education and materials to trauma surgeons in limited resource countries and the SIGN group. For more information, visit this OTA website link. For additional educational resources visit OTA.org  

Join host Dr. Alex Crespo and guests Drs. Alex Stroh and Jordan Bauer as they discuss the top 10 things you need to know to effectively manage humeral shaft fractures. For additional educational resources visit OTA.org

Listen in as Drs. Malcolm DeBaun and Saam Morshed chat about young femoral neck fractures. They discuss diagnosis and management of these patients in this high yield case series.  For additional educational resources visit OTA.org

Host Dr. Joe Patterson chats with JOT paper authors Drs. Stephen Becher and Austin Wynne as they go behind the text of this article entitled: "Knee hemarthrosis aspiration and its effect on compartment pressures in tibial plateau fractures." Click here for the abstract link For additional educational resources visit OTA.org  

Drs. Malcolm DeBaun and Michael Maceroli discuss injury classification, approaches, treatment options, and other key points to cover for the OITE.  For additional educational resources visit OTA.org

Listen in as Drs. Malcolm DeBaun and Michael Maceroli chat about Pelvic Fracture Diagnosis and Treatment in this high yield case series.  For additional educational resources visit OTA.org

Join host Dr. Alex Crespo as he chats with Dr. William Ricci and third year medical student, Mr. Robert Bilodeau about their article entitled: " Patient-Reported Outcomes After Distal Radius Fractures Differ Across Geographic and Cultural Populations: A Global Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis," as they go beyond the text to understand the impetus behind the study and interesting information they derived during the study.  Click here to see the abstract.  For additional educational resources visit OTA.org

Dr. Greg Gaski hosts a conversation with Dr. Austin Carroll focused on distal femur and patella fractures including  underlying pathophysiology, treatment options, current controversial debates, and different types of constructs in this high yield case series.  For additional educational resources visit OTA.org

Dr. Malcolm DeBaun hosts a conversation with Dr. John Munz focused on Calcaneal Fracture Diagnosis and Treatment in this high yield case series. Dr. DeBaun references the article entitled "Medial external fixation for staged treatment of closed calcaneus fractures: Surgical technique and case series" for further learning opportunities. For additional educational resources visit OTA.org

Listen is as podcast committee members Drs. Michael Blankstein, Greg Gaski, and Alex Crespo chat about the new 2026 High-Yield Case Discussions for Boards & OITE series and why this content is being refreshed.  For additional educational resources visit OTA.org