Orthopedics This Week

06/12/2026

In a small SPD, efficient tray setup is crucial.

Alex Nielsen, MD, describes a setting where SPD resources are limited and the instrumentation setup has to match the reality of the room. His point is practical: fewer trays do not just clean up the back table. They can make a lean surgical setup feel manageable.

From the Total Joint Orthopedics Masterclass.

Watch the full video: https://linkly.link/2jWrn

06/10/2026

Orthopedic conferences and events are easy to find. Finding the ones relevant to your subspecialty, your role, and your schedule is the actual problem.

OTW built an events page at orthotw.com where upcoming conferences and medical education events are listed in one place. If you are organizing something that belongs there, you can submit it directly. If you are looking for what is coming up in your subspecialty, it is already there.

One less tab.

https://orthotw.com/events

06/10/2026

If you are a spine or pain management surgeon and there is a technology in your practice that you believe the broader orthopedic community has not adequately evaluated, the OTW Technology Awards exist as a formal mechanism to change that. Submissions are scored by an independent surgeon panel across five criteria - innovation, long-term significance, clinical problem-solving, standard of care improvement, and cost effectiveness.

The technologies that come out of that process with strong scores are not the ones that spent the most on marketing. They are the ones that held up to clinical scrutiny from peers. The Spine & Pain Management track closes July 31. The evaluation process is designed to surface exactly the kind of technology that tends to get overlooked when market presence is a proxy for clinical quality.

If you are a surgeon and would like to recommend a technology, email us at [email protected]

06/09/2026

The foot does not give hardware much room to hide.

James C. Krieg, MD, explains why plate design has moved past simply making implants smaller and thinner. In the foot, contour, profile, and fit can matter fast because even a small prominence can feel like a much bigger issue.

Learn more at https://linkly.link/2isNF

06/09/2026

Tray count can be boring until someone puts a dollar figure next to it.

Jason M. Hurst, MD, explains how moving from six to eight trays down to one can create meaningful case-level savings. The point is not that sterilization suddenly became exciting. It is that tray efficiency can quietly become a serious financial variable for a busy joint center.

From the Total Joint Orthopedics Masterclass.

Watch the full video: https://bit.ly/4vi0Bze

06/09/2026

OTW rebuilt orthotw.com so that what you see reflects your subspecialty and your interests. Twenty years of independent coverage organized around what you actually want to see -not what an algorithm decided was probably relevant to someone with your job title.

Follow the ones relevant to your practice and your personal feed updates to match, so every time you log in you are starting from the right place.

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06/05/2026

Tired of not seeing the content you want to see on social media?

The new orthotw.com has a personalized feed. It shows content from the subspecialties, companies, and people you follow. No algorithm deciding what is probably relevant to someone with your job title, no irrelevant sponsored content wedged between two things you actually wanted to read.

You follow what matters to your practice and your feed reflects that.
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Orthopedic industry news, clinical research, company updates, continuing education, and expert analysis.

06/05/2026

Christopher E. Pelt, MD, had a specific concern when he started using a symmetric implant: what would happen to patellar tracking?

Looking back at his own data, the answer was not what he initially expected.

Learn more at https://linkly.link/2bbU3

06/05/2026

A full OR day should not turn into a tray-management exercise.

Nicholas M. Romansky, DPM, explains why PACE was designed around the reality of back-to-back foot and ankle cases: different needs, quick room turnover, and the importance of having the right backup close by.

Modular where it needs to be. Practical where it counts.

Learn more at https://linkly.link/2isNF

06/04/2026

We rebuilt Orthopedics This Week. For you.

After 20+ years covering this industry, we wanted the experience to match the work. So we rebuilt the whole thing from the ground up. It's live today at orthotw.com.

Here's some of what's new (with more to come)...

Specialty home pages. Spine, joints, sports medicine, trauma, biologics, and more. Each one has its own home now. Go straight to what you care about.

A private community. Surgeons and industry leaders talking to each other. That's it. No one else gets in. No ads chasing you. No algorithm picking what you see.

An Editorial Advisory Board with world-class experience. More content from the people who know the work best. By physicians, for physicians. By industry, for industry.

The mission hasn't changed. Connect the orthopedic community with the people, ideas, and innovations moving musculoskeletal care forward.

Come see what we built.

Thanks for reading all these years. More to come.
Drue DeAngelis, Robin Young, TJ Halvorson, Carl Stearns, Suzanne Kirchner