HSS | Hospital for Special Surgery

This collaboration between Hospital for Special Surgery in New York and Medscape is designed to provide practicing clinicians with updates and analysis on clinically important topics in orthopedics, rheumatology, anesthesiology and other topics in musculoskeletal health.

• HSS, Arthritis Foundation Spotlight Neglected Hip OA Research Convenors of a recent hip osteoarthritis (OA) conference discuss current state-of-the-art practices in hip OA and identify clinical research gaps to advance clinical understanding and treatment.
  Hospital for Special Surgery, May 18, 2023
• More Guidance Needed for Cancer Screening in Rheumatology Karmela Kim Chan, MD, discusses new myositis cancer screening guidelines as a good starting point for future needed efforts to guide cancer screening in patients with rheumatic diseases.
  Hospital for Special Surgery, January 12, 2023
• Regenerative Medicine Landscape Continues to Evolve Dr Kathleen Davenport describes how platelet-rich plasma and stem-cell injections are currently used for tendinopathies and arthritis and what to watch for in the widely varying protocols being used.
  Hospital for Special Surgery, November 2, 2022
• Rheumatic Diseases and ART Pregnancies: Things to Consider Karmela Kim Chan, MD, and Caroline H. Siegel, MD, MS, give an update on what's known about the use of assisted reproductive technology (ART) in patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases.
  Hospital for Special Surgery, September 14, 2022
• Machine Learning in Rheumatology: Beyond Clinical Instincts Recent examples of machine learning in rheumatology provide a promising framework for showing how its power can be harnessed in clinical care, says Karmela Kim Chan, MD.
  Hospital for Special Surgery, April 5, 2022

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• Periprosthetic Humerus Fracture Around an Arthroplasty Stem The case of an 81-year-old man with a left shoulder hemiarthroplasty performed 12 years prior who fell and sustained a periprosthetic humeral fracture.
  Grand Rounds From HSS: Management of Complex Cases, April 17, 2023
• ANA Testing in a Postpartum Patient at Risk for Dermatomyositis The progression of a 32-year-old woman's dermatomyositis -- a rash that resolved during pregnancy, only to recur postpartum, along with fatigue and weakness.
  Grand Rounds From HSS: Management of Complex Cases, May 4, 2021
• B Cells in Relapsing Lupus Nephritis and Cutaneous Vasculitis A case of a woman with systemic lupus erythematosus whose nephritis and cutaneous vasculitis were refractory to treatment.
  HSS Grand Rounds Complex Cases, April 28, 2021

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• What Can You Learn Through a Telehealth Shoulder Exam?   Dr Samuel Taylor discusses opportunities and provides advice for an effective virtual exam of the shoulder.
  Hospital for Special Surgery eAcademy, November 12, 2021
• Techniques for a Telehealth Exam of the Knee   Drs Joseph Lamplot and Samuel Taylor discuss techniques for a telehealth exam of the knee.
  Hospital for Special Surgery eAcademy, November 12, 2021
• Choosing a Management Strategy in RA   Drs Paget and Bykerk discuss the current data on treatment timing, disease modification, and comorbidities in rheumatoid arthritis.
  Hospital for Special Surgery eAcademy, November 30, 2016
• Comorbidities in Inflammatory Joint Disease   Drs Paget and Schwartzman discuss both rare and common comorbidities, and the latest strategies to prevent their damaging effects.
  Hospital for Special Surgery eAcademy, November 30, 2016

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