Instructional Course Lectures

Developed in partnership with the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) and edited by Xinning Li, MD, FAAOS, FAOA (editor) and Jonathan F. Dickens, MD, FAAOS, FAOA, COL, MC, USAR (assistant editor), Instructional Course Lectures: Volume75offers current, clinically relevant information across a broad spectrum of orthopaedic topics. The 57 chapters were written by orthopaedic surgeons and are based on selected Instructional Course Lectures and Symposia presented at the 2025 AAOS Annual Meeting in San Diego, California. 

This all-new 75th Anniversary volume covers 14 sections (including 13 Symposia and hot topics):

Section 1: Residents and Fellows (Symposium)

Section 2: Basic Science Research (Cannabinoids)

Section 3: General Orthopaedics (Symposia on Orthobiologics and on Limb Reconstruction in a Resource-Limited Environment)

Section 4: Patient Care Nontechnical (Symposium on Patient-Reported Outcome Measures)

Section 5: Infection (Antibiotic Stewardship)

Section 6: Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy

Section 7: Shoulder and Elbow (Symposium on Treatment of Rotator Cuff Tears)

Section 8: Hand and Wrist (Symposium on Common Hand and Wrist Injuries)

Section 9: Adult Reconstruction: Hip and Knee

Section 10: Trauma (three Symposia)

Section 11: Pediatrics (two Symposia)

Section 12: Foot and Ankle (Return to Play in Athletes)

Section 13: Spine (Symposium on Cervical Myelopathy)

Section 14: Musculoskeletal Oncology (Symposium on Metastatic Bone Disease)

The book includes access to seven videos and back access to all volumes published since volume 51 including associated videos.