AAOS Innovative Techniques in Total Knee Arthroplasty 2022

About This Course

Sharpen your operative approach to knee replacement with a masterclass led by leading knee surgeons. This program walks through the full arc of Total Knee Arthroplasty — from foundational concepts and patient optimization through current controversies and hands-on technique — spanning unicompartmental, primary, and revision procedures, alongside the newest technology shaping the field.

Learning Objectives

• Select candidates with knee arthritis suited to unicompartmental arthroplasty
• Apply rapid-recovery protocols across joint arthroplasty
• Choose appropriate surgical approaches for unicompartmental, primary, and revision TKA
• Diagnose and manage acute and chronic periprosthetic knee infection
• Interpret current data on outpatient, robotic-assisted, and cementless TKA

Topics Covered

• TKA Fundamentals — classic alignment, deformity correction, gap balancing, measured resection
• Avoiding Complications — blood management, thromboembolic risk, narcotic dependence, wound closure
• New Technology — robotic-assisted TKA, cementless implants, augmented reality
• Peri-operative Optimization — BMI thresholds, preoperative opioid management, smoking risk
• Periprosthetic Infection — diagnosis, treatment, and prevention
• Revision TKA — instability, bone-defect management, extensile approaches
• Unicompartmental Arthroplasty — patient selection, robotic-assisted UKA, conversion to TKA
• Controversies & Practice Management — bilateral TKA, patella resurfacing, tourniquet use, outpatient surgery

Who It’s For

Orthopaedic surgeons refining their approach to partial, primary, and revision knee replacement — and the PAs and NPs who work alongside them.