Sacral U fractures and not common, but are often underrecognized in the elderly population. This webinar will discuss the identification and treatment of these injuries, including indications for spinopelvic fixation.

Periprosthetic distal femur fractures are increasing at an alarmingly high rate as the world ages with an increase in the number of total knee arthroplasty procedures coupled with increasing life expectancy. With the advent of current 4th generation intramedullary nailing, variable angle distal femur plates, dual construct implants, and minimal resection endoprosthesis; the surgeon is presented with a myriad of treatment options which can be overwhelming. In this webinar, the faculty and moderator will provide evidence-based data along with case presentations to delineate benefits, indications, and perils of the various treatment options. The presentation will conclude with the utility, and peril of endoprosthesis from the perspective of a combined arthroplasty and trauma fellowship trained moderator given the newer generation implants and novel surgical techniques.

Orthopaedic trauma is an exciting subspecialty, but traditionally has had limited female representation. This webinar aims to discuss Women in Orthopaedic Trauma in an effort to inform and motivate residents and medical students to consider Orthopaedic Trauma as a career or to be an ally. It will be 4 brief lectures followed by panel discussion. Lectures will be topics such as “Why I chose Orthopaedic Trauma”, “Challenges and Triumphs as a Woman in Orthopaedic Trauma” and “Practice Types and Lifestyle”.

With the increase in the aging population, a single fracture can lead to downward spiral course for the patient with and a burden on their family. The health care costs associated with fragility fractures are staggering. There may be heroic efforts in fixation of eggshell bone and it comes with a high failure rate. As trauma surgeons, we often want to fix fractures, but with geriatric fractures and their propensity for not healing, failure of fixation etc, why not do one surgery for the injury and replace? This webinar will focus on acute arthroplasty for geriatric fractures after a shared decision has been made to proceed with surgical intervention

To introduce surgeons who are experts in fracture care, to chest wall injury and treatment, in order to expedite pulmonary recovery and improve outcomes for patients.

This course will help the participant understand tips to help protect themselves from lawsuits, including documentation and informed consent, how to react and prepare if a lawsuit happens, and how to improve their mental health during a lawsuit.

This webinar will introduce the scope of the problem, teach traumatologists the most common pediatric implants they may encounter, and offer real world principles if seeing such a patient in his/her practice.