Great couple of days. One of the perks of running elbow course. Listening to Shawn O’Driscoll and Ed Oates Dr. Edward Oates discuss the finer details of elbow instability. At the chophouse right next to the Eagle pub in Cambridge.

Lee Van Rensburg BOTE diagrams!

Lee Van Rensburg dave Dr. Edward Oates Ohhh to be the fly on the wall!! Would have loved to listen in.

In 2007, Stott et al studied the Aberdeen knot, looking for the ideal number of 'throws'. In addition, they also examined the optimal number of 'turns'. The typical knot has 1 'turn' (L picture). The R picture shows one with 2 'turns'. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

Lee Van Rensburg Great info for all of us. Thanks for sharing as I’m sure we see similar cases weekly in practice. Just because we can doesn’t always mean we should

Great outcome. I would have called it a trans olecranon. The radial head still in PRUJ. Can’t see coronoid but looks like it’s attached to Metaphysis. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37479178/ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37479178/

Rotator cuff examination. #orthotwitter

John Shields, MD, FAAOS Aalap Trivedi Dr. Edward Oates anconeus Do you think loose? I’ve been seeing recent literature on fixing it, even if the stem is a little loose and allow the bone to heal and then revise if needed. I’ve had joint surgeons tell me to do this

Here are intraop & postop images of yesterday's case by Dr. Neil Sardesai and Kaiser Permanente Kaiser Permanente Southern California.. CAPITELLUM FRACTURE IN 50F PROCEDURE: ORIF OF COMPLETE ARTICULAR DISTAL HUMERUS FRACTURE WITH PROXIMAL ULNA OSTEOTOMY Here is the link to the clinical presentation and

Orthobullets Austin Crow, MD Luke Farrow Broken Bone Doc Eric Novack Steve McHale Juan Varela Ryan K Harrison, MD Dr. Edward Oates Lots of comments across the social media platform regarding exposure for this case and the use of an osteotomy. Some of the surgeons are looking at the ulna osteotomy. Here is a nice paper comparing different sites for the osteotomy. This paper showed better visualization

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You can use OR down time to interact with learners - bedsheet illustrations done in real time are injury focused and tailored to learners’ needs - I draw as we interact to emphasize our learning points and also to document the conversations - these also motivate more learning

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