Annual Meeting Symposium IV: What is Everyone Else Doing? A Comprehensive Review of Evidence Based Norms and Beyond

Saturday, October 21, 2023

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM PST

Location: 4B

Moderator(s)

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Lucas M. Marchand, MD

University of Utah
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

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Faculty(s)

Patrick J. Kellam, MD

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

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Lucas M. Marchand, MD

University of Utah
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

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Stephen J. Warner, MD, PhD

University of Texas at Houston, McGovern Medical School
Houston, Texas, United States

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Robert V. O'Toole, MD

Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
University of Maryland School of Medicine, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center
Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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This symposium will start with a comprehensive review of the current accepted evidence-based topics with level 1 evidence. The focus would then be on controversial topics that are common in orthopaedic trauma to assess what the current practice norms are for OTA attendees. Questions will focus mostly on topics that are currently either being actively debated (e.g lateral versus prone for Kocher-Langenbeck approach to the acetabulum) or potentially changing (e.g tightrope versus screw fixation for syndesmotic fixation).

It is helpful for surgeons to be able to see how their colleagues are addressing controversial topics in the field that they practice; and, this symposium would provide the opportunity on a larger scale for the OTA community to understand the current trends. After 15 seconds, the results of the question will be displayed for members to see the distribution. The goal of this symposium would be to determine the current practice norms for orthopaedic trauma surgeons currently practicing regarding these topics. The hope would be to have this symposium biennially so trends and shifts can be identified and tracked throughout time.

Learning Objectives:

At the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

Review current evidence-based topics with level 1 evidence in orthopaedic trauma
Identify current practices by orthopaedic trauma surgeons in peri-operative management of orthopaedic trauma patients
Understand the baseline rate of each practice in order to track the changes in practice overtime.