Connor King MD

🦴 🔨 Adult Reconstruction Surgeon @thecenteroregon @AAHKS_YAG 🏔 @UofUHealth Fellowship ‘21🦴 @UChicagoOrtRes Residency ‘20 👨🏼‍⚕️ @GUMedicine ‘15 ✌🏼@usc ‘10

[Benjamin Bloch @Bloch_ortho]

Hip replacement surgery is a good cardiovascular workout 🤔??

[Christopher Pelt, MD @PeltMD]

Patient access is under attack by the unsustainable cuts in reimbursement. It is time to act. @AAHKS @AAHKS_YAG @CMSGov #aahks2023

[Connor King MD @connor_kingMD]

All physicians are looking at a 4.5% pay cut starting January 1, 2023. Encourage your lawmakers to act! @AAOS1 @AAHKS @AAHKS_YAG @LArthroplasty @ACR_MD https://t.co/Eb561kSsUv

[J Bone & Joint Surg @jbjs]

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#Heparin #Aspirin #ThromboembolicDisease

[Connor King MD @connor_kingMD]

@ACR_MD @UChicagoOrtRes @LArthroplasty @RobertAvinoMD Challenge accepted - look out for my @AAHKS_YAG application!

[Connor King MD @connor_kingMD]

Great weekend at #AAHKS2022 with a solid crew of former @UChicagoOrtRes ! @LArthroplasty @RobertAvinoMD @jonathaneding (@ACR_MD- not pictured because she’s too fancy, too cool to hang out with us, and had too many AAHKS committee meeting)

[Christopher Pelt, MD @PeltMD]

By popular demand, here's the video shown @AAHKS - These just *some* of the cement debonding cases we've done recently: Multiple cements, implant designs, implant materials... Both tibias and femurs. Does cement technique play a role? #orthotwitter @AAHKS_YAG @JArthroplasty

[Connor King MD @connor_kingMD]

@orthotraumamd @EdinburghKnee I certainly could have made him WBAT - made him 50%WB for the first 2 weeks. No good rational to support it though.

[Connor King MD @connor_kingMD]

@EdinburghKnee love your paper on periprosthetic fractures around Exeter stems! Did ORIF and cement in cement revision for this hip originally done at the Royal Infirmary several years ago. Distal malunion made things interesting…

[Connor King MD @connor_kingMD]

@ExeterHipUnit @EdinburghKnee Yeah not sure there are really any other good options - proximal femoral replacement? Not much distal bone and with the varus deformity a total femur might be necessary - both are not ideal

[The Journal of Arthroplasty @JArthroplasty]

Looking at Figure 1 in the article, it is possible that 'component malposition' may be a large reason for #THA dislocations as well.
https://t.co/IVU9NZne2e
@AAHKS_YAG @CodyWylesMD @womenAAHKS

[The Journal of Arthroplasty @JArthroplasty]

Thanks to @UUtah and @PeltMD for helping provide us guidance to skiers! Over 70% are able to return to skiing after #TJA.
https://t.co/EZsL1uRRT4

[Connor King MD @connor_kingMD]

@ashtongoldmanmd @djschuett @jointdocShields @EdinburghKnee @BrianChalmersMD @DrChadKrueger @CenterRotation @ACR_MD @Dr_Stambough @BoneDocMMD @AAHKS_YAG No screening - everyone gets Mupirocin BID x 5d, Hibiclens showers x 5d, providine iodine nasal prep in pre-op, Ancef. Vanco only if prior history of MRSA.

[Connor King MD @connor_kingMD]

Learn more about direct anterior hip replacement. One of the many procedures offered at @thecenteroregon https://t.co/GsqLBrpJji

[Connor King MD @connor_kingMD]

Though seemingly rare periprosthetic crystalline arthropathy can be challenging to differentiate from PJI. Correctly identifying these patients could save them from revision but this must be balanced against the risk of delaying surgery if they do in fact have PJI.

[LandyArthroplasty @LArthroplasty]

Should we routinely send periprosthetic aspiration fluid for crystal analysis? Though likely rare, gout can present similar to PJI as shown in this systematic review of 42 cases: https://t.co/Nn3rfp4eh3. Thanks to @connor_kingMD @DrPeterSculco @TBalachMD

[Arthroplasty Today @ArthroToday]

Surgery >48hr after periprosthetic hip fracture had increased medical and surgical complications. @AAHKS @womenAAHKS @hssarjr

https://t.co/QU8f4l33Wo

[Connor King MD @connor_kingMD]

@LArthroplasty @BrianChalmersMD @drmikeast @jointdocShields @CenterRotation @NaanDerthaal Very cool technology- will be interesting to see how this is utilized. At this point it’s still only as good as the data in and the referencing. For THA & TKA there is still some debate about optimal positioning - if only we knew where the target should be for each patient!

[Connor King MD @connor_kingMD]

@LArthroplasty What cutoff have you been using? This sample size strikes me as insufficient to drive a change in practice or MSIS criteria - thoughts?

[The Journal of Arthroplasty @JArthroplasty]

If you are using the ESR and CRP as a screening test for possible #PJI, using the standard values of 30mm/hr and 10mg/L may not be ideal @MayoClinic https://t.co/bYZ58CEVjV

[LandyArthroplasty @LArthroplasty]

@BrianChalmersMD @OrthoThompson @CJFooteMD @jbjs As someone finishing fellowship in 2.5 months, this model and its predicted backlog of cases sound great. But if we've been reminded of anything lately, empirically driven models can be inaccurate. I suspect patient demand which was assumed to be unaltered may play a role?

[Connor King MD @connor_kingMD]

@LArthroplasty @BrianChalmersMD Agree @LArthroplasty - putting that PhD to work! Hard to draw meaningful conclusions from any survey without knowing the response rate 🤔