At NYU Langone’s Center for Quality and Patient Safety, our faculty and staff actively present at conferences and seminars throughout the United States. Below are some recent selected presentations.

New York Society for Surgery of the Hand Residents and Fellows Research Conference Virtual Meeting

Our faculty gave the following podium presentation at the 2021 New York Society for Surgery of the Hand Residents and Fellows Research Conference Virtual Meeting held on May 11: “Opioid-Prescribing Patterns Among Orthopedic Hand Surgeons Following Implementation of a Divisional Protocol.”

American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons Annual Meeting

Our faculty presented the following at the 2021 annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (San Diego, August 31–September 3):

• “Effect of Departmental Opioid-Sparing Protocol on Opioid Prescribing Patterns in Total Hip Arthroplasty Patterns.” Poster.
• “Accuracy of Patient Classification Following the Removal of Total Hip Arthroplasty from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Inpatient-Only List.” Poster.
• “Same-Day Discharge Requirement for Total Hip Arthroplasty: Impact on Health Disparities.” Poster.
• “Discontinued Use of Outpatient Intermittent Pneumatic Compression Devices Does Not Increase Risk of Venous Thromboembolism in Patients Undergoing Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty Using Low Dose Aspirin: A Retrospective Cohort Study.” Poster.
• “Temporal, Seasonal, and Monthly Effects on Total Knee Arthroplasty Surgical Site Infection Rates.” Poster.
• “The Effect of a Total Hip Arthroplasty Bundled Payment Program on Perioperative Smoking and Obesity.” Podium presentation.
• “The Effect of Medicare’s Bundled Payments for Care Initiative on Patient Risk Factors Prior to Total Knee Arthroplasty.” Podium presentation.
• “Patient Satisfaction with Overall Care Is Equivalent Using Telemedicine Versus Traditional Office-Based Follow-Up After Shoulder Arthroscopy: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial.” Poster.
• “Institutional Reductions in Opioid Prescribing Do Not Change Patient Satisfaction After Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair as Determined by Press-Ganey Surveys.” Poster.
• “Socioeconomic Factors on Outcomes Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.” Poster.
• “Patient Satisfaction with Overall Care Is Equivalent Using Telemedicine Versus Traditional Office-Based Follow-Up After Arthroscopic Meniscus Surgery: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial.” Podium presentation.
• “Reduced Opioid-Prescribing Following Arthroscopic Meniscectomy Does Not Negatively Impact Patient Satisfaction.” Podium presentation.

Hand Society Annual Meeting

Our faculty participated in the Hand Society 76th annual meeting in 2021 (San Francisco, September 30):

• “Variability in the Management of Open Hand Fractures Within a Single Institution.” Poster.
• “Opioid-Prescribing Patterns Among Orthopedic Hand Surgeons Following Implementation of a Divisional Protocol.” Poster.

Movement Is Life Caucus

Our faculty presented the following posters in the Movement Is Life Caucus in 2021 (Washington, DC, November 4–5):

• “Telemedicine Utilization by Orthopedics Patients During COVID-19 Pandemic: Demographic and Socioeconomic Analysis.”
• “Same-Day Discharge Requirement for Total Hip Arthroplasty: Impact on Health Disparities.”
• “Racial Disparities in Hospital Length of Stay and Cost for Patients Undergoing Elective Primary Total Hip and Total Knee Arthroplasty: Results from the New York SPARCS Database.”

American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine—Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting

Our faculty gave the following podium presentation at the 2021 American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine—Arthroscopy Association of North America annual meeting (Nashville, November 7–11): “Tranexamic Acid Has No Effect on Postoperative Pain Control Following ACL Reconstruction Using Bone Patella Tendon Bone Autograph: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial.”

American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons Annual Meeting

Our faculty presented at the 2021 annual meeting of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons (Dallas, November 11–14):

• “Does Antibiotic Bone Cement Reduce Infection Rates in Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty?” Poster.
• “Does Surgeon Volume Affect PROMs Following Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty? An American Joint Replacement Registry Study.” Poster.
• “The Effect of Hospital Volume on PROMs—An American Joint Replacement Registry Study.” Poster.
• “Tourniquet Use Is Associated with Improved Outcomes in Aseptic Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty.” Podium presentation.
• “Impact of Pre-Operative Anemia Severity on Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes.” Poster.
• “Non-Aspirin Thromboprophylaxis Is Not Associated with Early Prosthetic Joint Infection in Total Hip Arthroplasty.” Poster.
• “Role of Operating Room Size on Air Quality in Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty.” Poster.
• “Does It Matter Which PRO You Collect to Measure Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) in Total Hip Arthroplasty?” Poster.

International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery, and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Global Congress

Our faculty presented the following poster in the 2021 International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery, and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Global Congress (Cape Town, South Africa, November 27–December 2): “Osteotomies About the Knee Can Safely Be Performed in an Ambulatory Setting.”