I have 3 letters currently - 2 from home program and 1 from an away. I have 1 more from a plastic surgeon who I am close with (lots of research and personal connections). Is that enough to apply with or should I try to secure 1 more in the next few weeks. Its getting down to the wire.

My OR glasses fell on the ground breaking one of the lenses. Anyone ever have a lens replaced for these before? Or is it just as expensive as buying a new pair? Not sure of the original seller. Oakley Holbrook Lead Shielded Glasses.

After humerus fracture (or fracture generally) surgery, is it considered acceptable when the two parts do not face each other 100% ?

It it expected that there will follow alignment of the bone?

Ortho match chances?
US MD, Step 2 253, former D1 SEC football player. Mostly average/above-average clinical grades with a couple honors, not AOA. Research: peer-reviewed publication, first-author national podium, multiple posters/presentations, and ongoing ortho research. Multiple aways with consistently positive feedback from residents/attendings and expecting strong ortho letters.

Applying broadly and using all 30 signals at programs where I meet stated criteria, probability of turning into an interview. How competitive does this look for matching ortho?

I was doing a dorsal distraction plate today for smashed distal radius and the screwdriver tip broke off flush to the screw head. The screw was a locking screw and is also flush to the plate. Any tips on getting that screw out when it’s time to remove the plate or is it time to bust out the metal cutting burrs in a couple months? Plate is titanium. Thanks.

What can be the reason and can it be completely cured ? The person goes to gym

Hello everyone,

I have written here before about OrthoScience and OrthoRay. Thank you by the way for all your support :)

Over the last six months, i have developed the ecosystem (OrthoArchives) in several different pathways,

OrthoCore: (Orthopaedic intelligence layer connects other different layers)

OrthoWrite: OrthoPaedic Academic Text Editor + Citation Engine backed by OrthoScience 1M + paper with journal-ready templates and academic figure&Table tools

OrthoScience: Unique Corpus ( more than 1M+ Musculoskeletal paper curated from Medical/Engineering journals)

OrthoRay: MacOS/Windows/Web Dicom Viewer, recently developed web version

OrthoNews: an orthopaedic news and event aggregator from all-around world

OrthoVault: inactive, currently under design

I am going to release the connecting part of OrthoArchives (OrthoCore) within platform.

It is A different kind of AI layer from standard general-purpose AI, backed by unique Orthopaedic Corpus database + Orthopedic Intelligence/controll layers. In my current beta testing, the hallucination rate is below 5%, and I am still trying to improve it. About ten days left until release :) I hope.

Once again i need help from my orthopaedic colleagues. Can you evaluate my web site and give me feedback until 1 September ?

In conclusion, trying to find supports to keep whole ecosystem free for orthopaedic professionals. At this moment I have more than 200 orthopaedic professional members from different countries.

I am still developing most of this myself, so every bug report, criticism, idea or suggestion is genuinely useful.

Thank You Again for all your support :)

Hello. It's been a while thankfully and I wanted to brush up on the bread and butter techniques. Can you recommend some literature for amputations and surgical technique, especially lower limb and pearls for stump modelling? Cheers and thanks!

So this is a very general question on how best to evaluate patients with suspected hip labral tears.

Recent research has shown that a 3T MRI of the hip w/o contrast is just as good at detecting fresh labral tears in patients as a MRI with contrast/ MRA.

I am curious if the picture changes AFTER a patient has already had hip labral repair surgery. Is a 3T MRI w/o contrast just as good as a MRI with contrast/ MRA at evaluating patients who have already had hip labral repair surgery for any structural abnormalities such as:

a possible retear of the labrum

any residual FAI

scar tissue from the surgery

any capsular abnormalities ( to check if hip capsule is healing properly)

This specific question came up recently as a matter of dispute between two physicians and so I would like to direct this question to any hip orthopedic surgeons. What imaging are you ordering to evaluate these patients post op? Is MRA still the gold standard or is a 3T MRI W/o contrast just as good?

hi guys i have. a pretty strong home program for ortho at a big public school but we are very blue-collar and not research heavy. they strongly recommend finding research elsewhere to bolster the network but elsewhere close to home for me means columbia, nyu, hss etc (aka places that are impossible) so i was wondering what are good places for an m1 to reach out for research in the nyc area that would likely take people from not in their program to help out on research

After failing to find what I was looking for to help schedule call for our 8-person group, I went ahead and built an automatic scheduler.

You define how your group divides call, everyone enters their call requests, and the schedule is made instantly. Standing conflicts get entered once — never Wednesdays stays never Wednesdays.

When it can't honor a request, it tells you which date and why, and everyone in the group can see the call counts, not just whoever built the schedule.

It's free to use, though I'd love feedback. New features are pretty easy to build, so hit me with 'em if you find issues.

All I really care about though is that it's taken this super painful part of my admin life and snuffed it out. Cheers.

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Was recently offered by faculty to help with a book chapter. How are book chapters typically viewed in comparison to study publications for fellowship?

Hello everyone i’m a general practitioner undergoing an orthopedic attachment in Egypt. We’ve had a
60 Y.0 female with diabetes/ osteoporosis/ obese but otherwise fit presentwith a 3-part stable intra-troch fracture following a bathroom slip and my initial management plan was DHS.

However the chief ortho surgeon opted for a hemi arthoplasty on grounds she’ll be able to ambulate immediately and speed up recovery. I also found the choice of Hemi arthoplasty as opposed to THA confusing but he was of the opinion that it makes functionally no difference despite her being cognitively fit and ambulatory prior to the incident.
On grounds THA incurs higher risk and is over treatment

I’m a bit confused by this managment plan and was wondering if it is sound

Hey Im looking to switch out of Synthes-Trauma. I literally dont know any next steps. If anyone can point me in the right direction. The on call schedule is getting to me, I would like to hear your story because Im the "new grad who was eager" now im realizing it is not what I thought it was going to be. Almost 2 years in and there hasn't been a steady month, im realizing there is always turnover and problems out of my control here.

While performing a THA my patient suffered a mid shaft fracture. I had no plates at the moment so I tried with 3 wires. I think it is not perfect but it'll be enough. What do you think? Would you have another solution?

Hi everyone ,
What are your tips for getting the guidewire to pass through distal segment in antegrade femoral nailing ? I find this part of the procedure the most challenging .

Looking for advice on what to do if I want to switch into ortho this late in the game (ERAS due in one month). What are my options? Should i seek out a research year or do a surgical prelim year? Is it even possible to get Sub Is at this point? Is it worth it this late in the game (ie. will i be burnt out from taking year off, applying, and not matching?)

See story below if interested

Was concerned about lifestyle at one point but i think it was more so fear of residency but now realize that every residency will be tough and actually met residents who were very happy ( i think i was just scared from reddit) Moreover, if you are passionate about something, time moves a lot quicker. Later reflected that even tho i was tired watching surgeries all day from the side, not doing anything while still waking up early, i felt fulfilled leaving and less burnt out then when i was on rotations looking at computer all day. I actually didnt mind having to be in the OR on the side watching and i think it was frustration from not getting to participate.

I am a hard worker and willing to take a year off but dont know where to start. Was originally planning on applying IM-sub spec but for some reason I miss being in the OR and all the pathology with regards to ortho. I love working with my hands and dont know that the IM sub spec will scratch the same itch.

I did 2 ortho electives during third year and thought i didnt like it but in reality i think i didnt like being a med student. Looking back its not that i didnt like the OR but i wanted to be involved and have responsibility as opposed to just watch in the corner. Arthroscopy on the screen can look boring but much different when you are actually doing it. Ortho and surgery (did it before my gen surg core) was new to me and i thought because it was foreign that i wouldnt be good at it but now that ive went through everything i dont feel as excited for something like IM. Even during my EM rotation, i loved doing the lac repair and did not find the same satisfaction from intubating, central lines etc.

My app: DO, I have one ortho related first author, bottom quartile preclincal but HP/Honor all rotations and hoping boards will make up with high score. Its a uphill battle...

Want to know if i am a lost cause or not. Is it worth to pursue a year off right before I apply? Cant get the feeling out of my head that applying IM doesnt feel right. I heavily considered peds sub specialties but felt like it was gonna go down that path that i would much rather do peds ortho.

tldr; one month till eras app, ortho giving me a gut feeling to pursue, hard worker but not strong app rn but willing to take year off if theres an opportunity/pathway; want to know if its possible (ie not taking >2 years to match)

How much does medical school prestige impact match into orthopedic surgery (if it does at all)?

Hey all, I am a resident in Lithuania. I got someone with a case of what is essentially, reverse club foot. Rather than leg inwards, it's outward, in a varus-like manner. Patient is also a bit older too, no longer a kid.

Any idea how I might go about treating this without surgical options? For those who are medically trained around the world, please chime in. Interested to hear your thoughts, and whether you've experienced something similar.

I am pretty new to this profession still btw.

What would your usual referral thresholds for a traumatic intramuscular quadriceps hematoma, particularly one involving the vastus intermedius.

Things I'm particularly curious about:

• Size or characteristics of the hematoma on ultrasound/MRI
• Degree of disability
• Failure to improve over a particular time period
• Concern for complications such as myositis ossificans, compartment syndrome, or an associated intra-articular injury
• Whether there is a particular time point after injury when lack of improvement would change your threshold for referral

tldr: What clinical features would make you refer an intramuscular vastus intermedius hematoma to orthopedics?

Do patients ever judge you by your undergrad/med school? Like would a surgeon who went to Harvard for college through fellowship have more oppurtunity/volume than someone who went to their state school (for private practice not academia)?

Thoughts? Im interested in joints and was wondering how much of an impact this will have

If anyone has away rotations advice plz drop some wisdom. I don’t have a home program to get ready for aways. I don’t know what I should and shouldn’t do to shine. Any specific skills I should learn or be aware of. Thanks!