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2024 OTA Specialty Day On-Demand

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Accreditation Statement: The Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation:  OTA designates this enduring material for a maximum of 6.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Learning Objectives

After completing this activity, learners will be able to:

  • Describe innovative techniques and best practices for intraoperative assessment of fracture reduction in the foot and ankle.
  •  Outline current controversies regarding the acute treatment of articular fractures to the foot and ankle.
  • Appraise new evidence that may challenge traditional practice in foot and ankle trauma.
  • Discuss methods of advocacy available to the Orthopaedic Trauma surgeon - on behalf of our patients and ourselves.

Original release date: 2/16/2024

Expiration date: 2/16/2025

Estimated time to complete activity: 6.25 hours

Statement of Need/Description/or Summary of Gap Analysis

In collaboration with the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (AOFAS), the 2024 OTA Specialty Day features an interesting and relevant
agenda for trauma and foot and ankle experts, generalists, trainees and orthopaedic advanced care practitioners. The program will contain joint sessions on foot & ankle trauma with representatives from both AOFAS and OTA and will also feature the topmost recent foot and ankle trauma research that will change your practice. Additionally, there will be engaging sessions on advocacy in Orthopaedic Trauma, as well as one dedicated to gleaning wisdom from a panel of past OTA presidents.

Instructional Format: Online video recordings consisting of slides and audio.

Method of Participation: You must register to receive CME for OTA Specialty Day On-Demand. To participate in the activity, physicians will be required to take the following steps:

  • Read the learning objectives and faculty disclosures.
  • Participate in the activity.
  • Complete the activity evaluation.
  • Participants who successfully complete the evaluation will receive 6.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

Disclosures:

The Orthopaedic Trauma Association has implemented a policy to comply with the current Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education requiring mitigation of all conflicts of interest. Faculty declaring a relevant commercial interest must be identified in the activity syllabus and/or program.

In accordance with disclosure policies of OTA and the ACCME, every effort has been made to ensure all CME activities are balanced, independent, objective, and scientifically rigorous. These policies include complying with ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education and mitigating all relevant conflicts of interest for all individuals in control of content.  

To view all disclosures, please go to the "Disclosures" tab and view the Disclosure attachment.

Disclaimer: The information in this educational activity is provided for general medical education purposes only and is not meant to substitute for the independent medical judgment of a physician relative to diagnostic and treatment options of a specific patient's medical condition. The viewpoints expressed in this CME activity are those of the authors/faculty. They do not represent an endorsement by the OTA.  In no event will the OTA be liable for any decision made or action taken in reliance upon the information provided through this CME activity.

Commercial Support: There is no commercial support for this activity.


Pricing
Non-Member$350
OTA Member/AOFAS Member$250
OTA Member Resident/Fellow$50
Trauma Practice Professional$75
Those who attended OTA Specialty Day 2024Free for attendees - contact ota@ota.org if you do not have access.

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Welcome & Introduction
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Open to view video. 8:00 a.m. – 8:05 a.m. Welcome: Brendan Patterson, MD, OTA Past President
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Session I: Direct, Indirect and Arthroscopic Reduction techniques in Foot & Ankle Trauma
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Open to view video. 8:05 a.m. - 8:15 a.m. Arthroscopy Applications for Ankle Fractures and Syndesmotic Injuries - Eric Giza, MD 8:15 a.m. - 8:25 a.m. Open reduction of the syndesmosis with direct visualization is the only way - Anna Miller, MD 8:25 a.m. - 8:35 a.m. Can Arthroscopy Assist in the treatment of Calcaneal and Talus Fractures? - Kevin Martin, DO 8:35 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Calcaneus fractures- tips and tricks for assessing reduction with intraoperative fluoroscopy. - Michael Githens, MD 8:45 a.m. - 8:55 a.m. Use of intraoperative advanced imaging in foot and ankle trauma -Stephen Warner, MD 8:55 a.m. - 9:05 a.m. Discussion, Q&A, & Session Transition
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Session II: Foot & Ankle Trauma Debates- “Fix it or Fuse it?”
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Open to view video. 9:05 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. Pilon - The Role of Acute Fusion for Pilon fractures (Who, what, when and how) - Max Michalski, MD 9:15 a.m. - 9:25 a.m. Pilon - The Role of Acute Fixation for Pilon fracture (Which ones still deserve a fighting chance?) - Hassan Mir, MD 9:25 a.m. - 9:35 a.m. Lisfranc - Fuse It – Kelly Hynes, MD 9:35 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Lisfranc - Fix It - Arun Aneja, MD 9:45 a.m. - 9:55 a.m. Calcaneus - Why, when and how I fuse Saunders IV calcaneus fractures - Lara Atwater, MD 9:55 a.m. - 10:05 a.m. Calcaneus - Why, when I how I fix Saunders IV calcaneus fractures - Brian Weatherford, MD 10:05 a.m. - 10:20 a.m. Discussion and Q&A
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Session III: The Top 6 Papers in the Last Year That Will Change Your Practice in Foot & Ankle Trauma
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Open to view video. 10:35 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Measuring Deltoid Insufficiency After Supination-External Rotation Ankle Fracture with Lateral Talar Subluxation on Gravity Stress View - Edward T. Haupt, MD, Ronnie Sebro, MD, Jose M. Iturregui, MD, Rupert Stanborough, MD, Ali Siddiqui, MD, Glenn G. Shi, MD 10:45 a.m. - 10:55 a.m. Functional Outcomes of Primary Arthrodesis (PA) Versus Open Reduction and Internal Fixation (ORIF) in the Treatment of Lisfranc Injuries. - Zsombor T. Gal, MD, Richard W. Pectol, MD, Tyler Kalbac, MD, Ashley N. Dawson, MD, Chandler Sneed, MD, Ashley Y. Albano, MD, Matthew W. Kavolus, MD, Arun Aneja, MD PhD, Arjun K. Srinath, MD, MPH 10:55 a.m. - 11:05 a.m. Outcomes of Tibiotalocalcaneal Hindfoot Fusion Nails Used for Acute Lower Extremity Trauma in a High-Risk Patient Population. - Kalin J. Fisher, MD; Stephen F. Shannon, MD; Christina M. Dean, BS; Max A. Coale, MD; Kathleen M. Healey, BA; Robert V. O’Toole, MD; Theodore T. Manson, MD; Nathan N. O'Hara, PhD, MHA; Marcus F. Sciadini, MD 11:05 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Effect of Early Weightbearing Following Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Unstable Ankle Fractures on Wound Complications or Failures of Fixation - Casey Pyle, DO, Michael Kim-Orden, MD, Tyler Hughes, MD Brian Schneiderman, MD, Robert Kay, MD, Thomas Harris, MD, Nirmal Tejwani, MD 11:15 a.m. - 11:25 a.m. Can Laser-Assisted Indocyanine Green Angiography Be Used to Quantify Perfusion Changes During Staged Fixation of Pilon Fractures? A Pilot Study. - Brendon C. Mitchell, MDa; Pelle V. Wall, BAb; Taylor K. Zak, MDa; Keenan M. Onodera, MDa; Pradyumna Gurusamy, MDa; Kathryn Dwight, MDa; Joseph Elsissy, MDa; William T. Kent, MD 11:25 a.m. – 11:35 a.m. Operative vs. Non-operative Management of Unstable Medial Malleolus Fractures: A Randomized Clinical Trial • Thomas H Carter, MD, BSC, MBCHB, MRCS, William M Oliver, MD, FRCSEd, Catriona Graham, MSc, Andrew D Duckworth, BSc, MSc, FRCSEd, PhD, Timothy O White, MD FRCS FFTEd 11:35 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Discussion, Q&A
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Session IV: Advocacy in Action for the Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon
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Open to view video. 12:45 p.m. - 12:55 p.m. Intimate Partner Violence in the Orthopaedic Patient Population: What Surgeons Need to Know - Lisa Cannada, MD 12:55 p.m. - 1:05 p.m. Workplace Violence and the Orthopaedic Surgeon- A Toolkit for Advocacy - Julie Balch Samora, MD, PhD, MPH 1:05 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Personal notes on Providing Global Humanitarian Aid in disaster and resource limited settings. - Ron Israelski, MD 1:15 p.m. - 1:25 p.m. Self-Advocacy & Physician Wellness - Milton Little, MD 1:25 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Discussion and Q&A
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Session V: OTA Highlight Papers Selected from the 2023 Annual Meeting
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Open to view video. 2:00 p.m. - 2:06 p.m. An Early Coagulation Factor Dominant Hypercoagulability Is Followed by a Prolonged Platelet-Dominant Hypercoagulability in Patients Requiring Hip Fracture Surgery Prism Schneider, MD 2:06 p.m. - 2:12 p.m. Surgery With Locking Plate or Hemiarthroplasty Versus Nonoperative Treatment of 3- and 4-Part Proximal Humerus Fractures in Patients Aged 60 Years and Older: A Randomized Clinical Trial Antti Launonen, MD 2: 12 p.m. - 2:18 p.m. PREPARE-Closed: A Pragmatic Randomized Trial Evaluating Preoperative Alcohol Skin Solutions in Closed Fractured Extremities Sheila Sprague, PhD 2:18 p.m. - 2:24 p.m. Liberal Transfusion Causes Higher Infection Rates with No Benefit to Functional Outcomes, Orthopaedic Trauma, and Anemia: Conservative Versus Liberal Transfusion (ORACL): A Prospective Randomized Study Brian Mullis, MD, FIOTA 2:24 p.m. – 2:34 p.m. Discussion 2.34 p.m. - 2:40 p.m. Low-Dose Short-Term Scheduled Ketorolac Reduces Opioid Use and Pain in Orthopaedic Polytrauma Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial Arun Aneja, MD, PhD 2:40 p.m. - 2:46 p.m. Reamer-Irrigator-Aspirator (RIA) Versus Autogenous Iliac Crest Bone Graft (AICBG) for the Treatment of Nonunions: A Multicenter Randomized Trial Aaron Nauth, MD 2:46 p.m. - 2:52 p.m. Resident Memorial Award: Tranexamic Acid Administered at Time of Hospital Admission Does Not Decrease Transfusion Rates or Blood Loss for Extracapsular Hip Fractures: A Double-Blinded Randomized Clinical Trial Aaron Owen, MD presenting on behalf of Rachel Honig, MD 2:52 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Bovill Award Winner Introduction and Award by Brendan Patterson, MD, OTA Past President & Emil Schemitsch, MD, OTA President: Infrapatellar Versus Suprapatellar Intramedullary Nailing for Fractures of the Tibia (INSURT Study): A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial David Cinats, MD 3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Discussion and Q&A
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Session VI: “What I Know Now” – A Panel of Past OTA Presidents
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Open to view video. “What I Know Now” – A Panel of Past OTA Presidents Panel Members: Andrew Schmidt, MD, FIOTA Marc Swiontkowski, MD, FIOTA Brendan Patterson, MD, FIOTA 3:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
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Acknowledgement
Please be aware that you should only claim credit for OTA Specialty Day On-Demand if you did not attend the live, in-person OTA Specialty Day on February 16, 2024. You cannot claim duplicate credit for the same content.
Please be aware that you should only claim credit for OTA Specialty Day On-Demand if you did not attend the live, in-person OTA Specialty Day on February 16, 2024. You cannot claim duplicate credit for the same content.
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Certificate of Completion
Up to 6.25 medical credits available  |  Certificate available
Up to 6.25 medical credits available  |  Certificate available The OTA designates this enduring material for a maximum of 6.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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