Alexander Acuña

Orthopaedic Surgery PGY-4 at Rush || CWRU SOM Class of 2022 || University of Notre Dame Class of 2018 || 🇨🇺☘️🦴

[Brett Levine, MD, MS @BrettLevineMD]

Revision Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty: Worse than a Primary, but... https://t.co/7YnQ16XoRz

[J Bone & Joint Surg @jbjs]

JBJS Infographics - Low-Dose Aspirin Is the Safest Prophylaxis for Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism After Total Knee Arthroplasty Across All Patient Risk Profiles

https://t.co/YN7sZazfdh

[The Bone & Joint Journal @BoneJointJ]

Despite the steadily growing number of primary THAs, the revision rate is not rising similarly. However, the frequency of periprosthetic joint infections in THA is increasing and gaining more importance.

#Surgery #Mortality #BJJ

https://t.co/DxZpYV1XhZ

[J Bone & Joint Surg @jbjs]

Low-Dose Aspirin Is the Safest Prophylaxis for Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism After Total Knee Arthroplasty Across All Patient Risk Profiles
#knee

https://t.co/x1q9W1sk6q

[OREF @OREFtoday]

Congrats Kyleen Jan, MD, of @RushMedical, the 1st place winner of the 2024 OREF Midwest Resident Research Symposium! For the complete list of winners and the research they presented visit: https://t.co/1QRhyfAYv4 #Orthosymposia

[Aakash Shah, MD @aakash_shah1]

Understanding the distribution of research funding is crucial for optimizing innovation and growth in orthopedic research. Our findings reveal that adult reconstruction and sports medicine currently attract the highest levels of industry research funding.

#orthotwitter

[Robert Berry, DO @txsportsdoc]

In 1990 srgns under Medicare were paid avg $3,258 for a knee replacement today avg $1098. Considering inflation with no increase surgeons should be paid $7,656 today yet our expenses have gone up 2.35x,hospitals cont to receive ⬆️ reimbursement.

[RUSH Orthopedic Research @RUOrthoResearch]

Congratulations to all at the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at RUSH for their passion and dedication towards research !

“Multidisciplinary team science” at its best !

@MOR_Docs @AAOS1 @AOFoundation @OREFtoday @ORSsociety

[CORR @Clinorthop]

Hecht et al.'s systematic review found that patients w/psychiatric illness have an increased risk of postop complications, increased length of stay, higher costs, less frequent home discharge & worse PROM scores after TJA. Read more in #CORRMay2023 #iMESH2 https://t.co/6IbB1nJQHM

[CORR @Clinorthop]

Will increasing the number of APPs alone solve the orthopaedic care shortage in rural areas? Hercht et al. show how this may not be sufficient—APPs tend to only practice in counties that contain orthopaedic surgeons. #CORR #PAP Read more: https://t.co/2rQ2a3xWzp

[Lippincott Medicine @LippincottMed]

Only 32% of hospital websites are fully compliant with #hospitaltransparency in price information for #jointreplacement as required, according to a study in @Clinorthop https://t.co/qlJkQRo53A

[CORR @Clinorthop]

ICYMI: Most US hospitals do not share price information for joint replacement as required, potentially impacting patients’ healthcare decisions or their ability to reduce healthcare expenditures. @AlexanderJAcuna @ClevelandClinic
https://t.co/dGOQjM8Y2w

[CORR @Clinorthop]

Less than one-third of hospitals provide compliant price transparency information for TJA procedures @ClevelandClinic
https://t.co/vGMbd9Am1t

[The Journal of Arthroplasty @JArthroplasty]

Do you know how much time you are spending on septic 2-stage TJAs? Find out from the study below! Surgeons should be compensated for the extra time. @womenAAHKS @jointdocShields @CenterRotation @Dr_Stambough @ashtongoldmanmd @DrAntoniaChen @CMSGov

https://t.co/TkqPAcInyO

[Amanda Avila @AmandxAvila]

First AAOS podium in the books! So thankful for my mentors and research team ⁦@AlexanderJAcuna⁩ ⁦@LinsenSamuel⁩ #AAOS2022 #orthotwitter

[J Bone & Joint Surg @jbjs]

JBJS Supplement - Recommendations of the International Consensus Group on Venous Thromboembolism after Orthopaedic Procedures

https://t.co/qAOYPKkEKU

[J Bone & Joint Surg @jbjs]

Acute Well-Leg Compartment Syndrome After Meniscal Allograft Transplantation and Revision ACL Reconstruction

@nyulangone @EricJStraussMD

https://t.co/xA4ghigQKO

[CORR @Clinorthop]

After controlling for various potential confounding variables, researchers found that receiving an intra- or postoperative transfusion was associated with an increased risk of DVT after primary TKA @ClevelandClinic @AhmedAkmemara
https://t.co/3PHtMdsjO6

[J Bone & Joint Surg @jbjs]

Commentary on JBJS article “Industry Payments Among Appropriate Use Criteria Voting Panels. An Open Payments Analysis” @DrAntoniaChen

https://t.co/CMqjXJQx6v

[Linsen T. Samuel @LinsenSamuel]

The Role of Content Experts in Appropriate Use Criteria:... : JBJS https://t.co/H0KDjjfjOB @AlexanderJAcuna