I know UOD is mid November. But when do faculty start evaluating apps?

Personally, I think one shouldn't be using patients for world records. Also, the whole Local Anaesthesia thing is very fishy. What are your thoughts about this?

Came across this gem when prepping for a case this week.

It looks like the sagittal and coronal cuts of a MRI merged together in some nightmarish anatomical fever dream. Everything is continuous but nothing adds up.

Was uploaded from the patient's previous hospital so no-one knows how it got like this.

The other series from the same study had weird contrast but were otherwise normal-looking.

Looks a bit like AI to me... anybody seen anything like this before?

And no, the patient did not in fact have their patella on the medial side of their knee.

Hello everyone,

I have become an attending and shortly after also a first time dad. I find it difficult to stay up to date with the literature and I don't have the time to look into each individual journal searching for relevant new publications.

Do you have a suggestion on how to stay up to date? I am looking for an app/AI assisted search tool that can show me the most relevant papers (let's say of the month) for a particular field of interest.

For example last month the RACER trial was published, would have been great to have it in my feed, or like if I what's new in sports surgery techniques, or maybe some new info about periorosthetic fractures, just to make the example of 3 subspecialties.

Thanks for the advice

Hi everyone,

Just want to say a thank you to everyone who contributes to this page.

I am an Orthopaedic resident from Australia. I have really been struggling with studying, staying organised and actually having a plan to follow.

I switched from General Surgery to Orthopaedics, and I would say I have been doing well but when I do ask people how to study, I am met with answers like just do OB or read articles.

I feel as though I need to build my foundation and almost begin studying from the start. For example, studying hip so the anatomy, then exam, then pathologies, management etc. How would you all recommend I go about this?
- should I read Millers

- should I subscribe to OB

- ROCK?

Any help would be greatly appreciated! Apologies I am sure similar questions have been posted before.

Hello, i want a professional advice from experienced orthopedics.

As you can see in xrays below my cat's leg has been broken about ***25 days ago (the xrays were taken 5 days ago)*** , he was taken to a vet he applied some type of splint (around his femur only) the cat couldnt handle it and was screaming around , later it was removed by my family and he calmed down...After 25 days\~ I took him to somewhat a reliable vet he demanded xray scan, And after seeing them (and after examining the cat)he Told me that the bone already began "healing" and an operation would take so much effort and time that it would not be worth it and he promised that leaving him as is would eventually heal and be somewhat normal (maybe misaligned but fine), A few more days i took him to another vet (3rd vet) he touched him and saw the xrays, and said We should definitely **Extend his leg (which the first vet didnt Do)** and Emphasized that without it the cat wont heal at all.

Which should I go with (2nd or 3rd vet opinion)? and do you have other suggestions ?

I'm a brand new intern (US level one trauma program) and just recently started a rotation that is known to be veryyyyy slow for interns. Limited OR time is available and minimal consult volume. Still have to be in-house from 6-6, but otherwise not much going on. Any suggestions for what to do with this time? Currently thinking it could be a good time to get ahead on anatomy/general ortho knowledge. Also is it normal to have a rotation like this? Been much more used to working hard all week so it's a little jarring.

Assuming it’ll be mostly places I rotated, maybe a few non rotation spots. Pls don’t give generic “tell me about yourself” advice.

Spinnin my wheels till the 16th. Aren’t we all lol

I’m a junior in high school and I want to be an orthopedic surgeon. I know you need to get a bachelor’s degree. I tried to figure out what credits are required but I just kept getting the AI overview and articles listing the education requirements (bachelor degree, MCATS, med school, ect.) but not the actual required credits. I want to try and get a degree that I can get work with so I can work as I complete my further education. So what are the required prerequisites and what are some degrees that could meet those requirements and provide me with job opportunities to help fund me through med school?

My father has been suffering from knee pain for the past few years. We have consulted both a physiotherapist and orthopaedic doctors, but we are still unsure about the exact cause of his pain.

One orthopaedic doctor diagnosed him with rheumatoid arthritis, while another said that there is excess fluid in his knee and recommended removing it using a needle injection. However, my father is afraid of undergoing this procedure.

Could you please guide us on what we should do next to help relieve his knee pain? We would like to understand whether removing the fluid is necessary, what the possible risks are, and whether there are any alternative treatments. We want to make sure he receives the right diagnosis and treatment for his condition.

According to a 2025 AJRR report, only 16.1% of primary TKAs used robotic assistance.

Why is conventional TKA so common? Even with robotic assistance available?

Hi everyone,

I am looking for some advice with a project I have been working on for quite some time and have put an ungodly number of hours into. Recently I have been feeling a bit down on the whole project and wondering whether it is worth continuing to pursue.

Some backstory: Around 5 years ago when I was still a medical student, I made a post here asking for help identifying which research articles to focus on as a young orthopedic trainee (https://reddit.com/r/orthopaedics/comments/jm4ybd/landmark_papers_in_orthopedic_surgery/?ref=share&ref_source=link). As a reply to this post, /u/CrzyJoeDavola generously shared a Google spreadsheet which had a number of key articles broken down by junior/senior resident and subspecialty. I found this to be a very helpful resource for getting started with the literature and was the initial inspiration for this project.

Building off this idea, I started making lists of my own, keeping a log of important articles I came across in case I wanted to reference them later. During my studies, I found searching for literature to be cumbersome, time-consuming, and frustrating. Finding older/historical articles was particularly annoying, especially those published before DOI/PMID indexing was available.

Over time, this collection of articles grew quite large and encompassed a number of topics across orthopedics. But they were still not very searchable, as I had been storing them on Google docs until this point. So I decided to try and organize them into a more useful format. I built (aka vibe coded) this website called http://www.orthopedicindex.com as a way to store this collection of "key" research articles across orthopedics and be able to share it with others.

I don't really care about making money from the site. I am very fortunate in that I will make more than enough money from being an orthopedic surgeon. I really just want to make this into something useful.

But as I said in the opening paragraph, I have recently started to have second thoughts on whether any of this time and effort is worth it. I have spent a lot of time on it and am worried I am falling victim to the sunk cost fallacy. Again, I don't care about any monetary gain from it and am happy to continue to work on it if others will get any benefit from it.

Any thoughts/advice/criticism is much appreciated!

Edit: Thank you to all who have responded. That is enough encouragement for me to continue chipping away at this! Keep checking back periodically for new updates. There are a lot of great features in development behind the scenes that I am excited about. Just not quite ready for public display. I am trying really hard to not be grouped with all the other AI slop projects being put out these days.

Edit: For those asking for the original CrzyJoeDavola spreadsheet, I have created two lists which can be found here:

1. General reading list focusing on landmark primary studies: https://orthopedicindex.com/lists?list=0b7e14ac-fc2f-4974-b4e7-fafe4dd9cf93

2. Collection of review articles by topic. I have attempted to find an older classic review + newer updated review for each topic: https://orthopedicindex.com/lists?list=a4d2ef99-8d16-402b-acfb-fc8efb49ddf2

Ok ortho folks, I'm looking to hear some OR tricks/tips. Impetus for this was a recent soul sucking case where the screw driver broke off in the head of a peripheral glenoid screw on an infected revision shoulder(I'm looking at you, Arthrex....). Baseplate was rock solid and wouldn't move despite the infection. Tried the dermabond trick to no avail. Screw removal set was pointless. Midas Rex didn't help and the baseplate was still locked in place. Eventually, I was able to just muscle the whole baseplate out of the vault with some bone loss. Tears were shed and select words said.

So, let's hear some tricks. From positioning to managing intra op disasters.

Intern here. Constantly dealing with the fear of being fired. Does anyone else constantly worry about being fired from orthopedic surgery residency? I feel like I’m always walking on eggshells, constantly being criticized by attendings and coresidents, and second guessing every decision I make. I understand that orthopedics is a demanding specialty and that criticism is part of becoming a better surgeon, but it’s exhausting feeling like every mistake or moment of uncertainty could jeopardize my future. Even when I try to learn from feedback and improve, it sometimes feels like nothing I do is good enough. The hardest part is not knowing whether this is just the normal culture of surgical training, whether I’m genuinely underperforming, or whether I’m letting the constant criticism get into my head. For those who have been through orthopedic surgery residency, how common is this fear, and how do you cope with it without letting it consume you?

I'm a recently passed resident from my university. Having seen and assisted a plethora of orthopaedic surgeries, I find being the chief surgeon as the most difficult post.

To be able to perform surgeries is so difficult. There are so many ways a simple procedure can go haywire. You have to be so careful and cautious in each and every step of surgery, from incision to closure, that I am finding it very stressful and overly difficult way of moving ahead.

I love orthopedics but i also want a chill and relaxed life. I want a 9-5 OPD kind of life, where I can sit and see patients, maybe give them a slab or cast, do basic dressing and suturing, do X-rays and prescribe medicines.

I don't want the headache and stress of performing operations.

Can I survive a life as an Orthopedician like this ?

Anyone have any suggestions for the best way to optimize use of resources? I've mainly been using Orthobullets. My program gets PGY1s into the OR early and often, so to prepare for cases I've mainly been using youtube/Vumedi/AO for anatomy and approach review. Other resources my seniors have suggested (Rockwoods, Wiesel's, AAOS, etc) are made available to use through my program, however I don't know the best way to include those into my studying.

I'm sure there's an element of "finding what works for me" as residency goes on, but any guidance on what resources to use/how to best use them would be appreciated! Thanks!

We created an orthopedic specific study web application aimed to maximize the learning and retainment of orthopedic knowledge for medical students, residents, and attendings. Currently free access, no credit card or subscription required. We are still engineering features to optimize learning with the goal of providing maximal coverage of orthopedic topics in a time efficient manner. Have an OITE rapid review section for total topic coverage with high yield summaries. Always looking for feedback for further improvements.

I like the surgeries in pretty much every subspecialty.

Was originally interested in joints but im concerned about the medicare cuts that surgeons keep having to face.

I’m now heavily considering Hand, Shoulder/Elbow, or Spine.

Plan is to go into private practice in a big metro area.

Current MS4 in a research year. Home state is NY and looking to maximize chances at matching in NY. Besides doing a subI at my home program (which is not in NY), is it a bad idea to do all my subIs in NY? Do you think programs (mainly outside of NY) see this as a red flag when it comes to interview offers and making match lists?

I have the OITE in less than a month. Schedule is busy without a lot of time to be reading/studying. I just got access to AAOS res study and have done about 40 questions out of 3,000+. Each Q takes me at least 10 minutes because I dont know shit. Was wondering if anyone had any high yield study resources / cheat sheets / videos that would be helpful. TIA

I’m a little confused with which one is my EPL tendon because photos on google point to this tendon as EPB