Artificial intelligence tools are reshaping how musculoskeletal (MSK) and orthopaedic practices operate, diagnose, treat, manage patient flow, and reach new patients.

For nearly 31,000 years, humans have documented cases of lower limb amputation. The Capua leg, discovered in a grave near Capua, Italy, is the earliest evidence of lower extremity prosthetics and ...

Over many years, surgeons have continued to improve techniques in the repair and fixation of damaged structures. In the operating room, suture and anchor fixation and biological enhancements aid ...

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons is pleased to share news and updates from the world's largest meeting of orthopaedic surgeons, researchers, and allied health professionals as presented at ...

Medicine has changed dramatically over the past 20 years. The understanding of disease processes and the roles of genetics, environment, and personal factors has evolved rapidly. Technology has ...

A new study presented at the AAOS 2026 Annual Meeting last month in New Orleans discovered that missed visits have a higher impact than Area Deprivation Index (ADI) on the recurrence rates in ...

Knowing where the money goes empowers surgeons to influence the larger system ...

A recent study found that patients who used cannabis, either alone or with tobacco, experienced higher rates of scaphoid fracture nonunion compared to nonusers and tobacco-only users.

Years later, when I began my arthroplasty practice, I joined a senior generalist partner cut from the same cloth. He had quietly cared for generations of families in our community. I once watched a ...

Maturing as surgeons brings the realization that we do not operate on bones, we operate on people. You can execute a perfect open reduction and internal fixation for a femoral neck fracture, follow ...

The AAOS Board of Councilors overseas several committees, including the Advocacy Resources, Communications, Nominating, and Economic Issues committees. It also oversees the State Orthopaedic Societies ...

AAOS believes broad reforms to prior authorization are necessary to ensure physicians can quickly provide safe and effective treatments to their patients.