Codman Shoulder Society

Dear CSS Colleagues: Unfortunately, revision shoulder arthroplasty is a reality for all of us who do primary shoulder arthroplasty. Historically, we talked about the advantage of convertible stems to facilitate revision to a reverse replacement. In this video I illustrate how easy it is to convert a failed stemless TSA. I believe that when we do a primary TSA with a stemless implant, we create a value add-on if revision is ever necessary. The reason for this is ease of revisi

Dear CSS Colleagues: Enclosed is an article, in case you missed it, from the Journal of Orthopedic Experience and Innovation (https://journaloei.scholasticahq.com/ ). This is a great source for articles which provide useful insight about your career, business and orthopedics. This article entitled, “A Primer on Non-Clinical Opportunities for the Innovative Orthopedic Surgeon” offers up a menu inclusive of revenue-generating activities as well as entrepreneurial activities. In

Congratulations to Jacob Kirsch and Andrew Jawa for organizing the first “Pan Boston” Shoulder Journal Club at the MGH. Thank you to DJO for sponsoring our meeting. For those who are interested, in the future this journal club will be available through Zoom as well as on site, and we anticipate this being on a Quarterly Basis on a Thursday from 7-8pm EST. Our first journal club had the theme of management of OA with significant bone loss, and we reviewed a number of articles

Dear CSS Colleagues: Enclosed is a recent article authored by Danny Goel et al on the impact of immersive VR (iVR) on surgeon skill retention. This is worth a read as the value proposition created by iVR is to not only help surgeons perform their craft with greater skill, but to avoid errors in surgical execution of their plan. Kind Regards, “JP” Warner MD Founder, The CSS

Dear CSS Colleagues: I’d like to invite you all to the 7th annual Codman Shoulder Society Meeting. Details are enclosed. Please also consider attending the San Diego Shoulder Institute annual meeting which takes place immediately before our CSS meeting and in the same location, the beautiful Del Coronado Hotel in San Diego. We will soon send out an invitation where you can RSVP as we need to anticipate attendance in order to handle room size and requirements for dinner. Kind

Dear CSS Colleagues: If leadership is about getting people to follow you for a purpose, destination, or any endeavor worth doing, then Freddie Fu may have been the greatest leader in modern orthopedics. Freddie had a knack for building loyalty by giving people the opportunity to be part of something great. The evidence for this is clear as so many have commented on his passing. Winston Churchill said, “attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.” Freddie Fu motiva

Dear CSS Colleagues: Congratulations to Florian Grubhofer MD and colleagues for their wonderful article on secure tuberosity fixation with fracture hemiarthroplasty. To access the article please use the following link: The URL below is a quick and easy way to share your work with colleagues, other co-authors and friends. Anyone clicking on the link will be taken directly to the latest version of your article on ScienceDirect. Your article link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.j