Insights into Evolving Trends and Controversies in Orthopaedic Surgery from the ABOS Case Collection System
➢ The American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (ABOS) collects sequential Current Procedural Terminology (CPT)-coded surgical case lists both from Candidates for initial certification and from Diplomates participating in Maintenance of Certification (MOC). Collectively, these case lists represent a unique and extensive sampling of orthopaedic surgical practices across the United States. ➢ Because revisions or additions to the CPT system often take many years to reflect changes in surgical practice, in 2022 the ABOS began adding special questions for recorded cases in which the CPT codes alone do not identify potentially new or controversial surgical choices. ➢ The responses are used primarily for the ABOS internal case selection process for oral examination, but the ABOS recognizes that these previously unreported data are also of broad interest to the orthopaedic community. ➢ The data from the ABOS CPT-specific special questions from 2022 to 2024 were collected and analyzed. Responses from both early-career Candidates for initial certification and mid-career MOC Diplomates are compared in this report. They provide insight into both established orthopaedic practices across the United States and evolving trends in surgical choices and education across multiple subspecialties.
Authors
- Ann E. Van Heest (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8064-5508)
- Lisa A. Taitsman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2070-733X)
- Gregory A. Mencio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5431-6663)
- Kevin L. Garvin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9288-8104)
- David Martin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8975-7031)
- John J. Harrast (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3037-2748)
- Wayne J. Sebastianelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0153-5907)
- Brian R. Wolf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2529-8056)
- Kyle J. Jeray
- Frederick M. Azar
- Charles L. Nelson
- April D. Armstrong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3729-9811)
- Gregory P. Guyton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1238-3673)
- Gregory P. McComis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7522-1356)
- on behalf of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (ABOS)
Institutions
- University of Iowa (US)
- Indiana University Health (US)
- Prisma Health (US)
- University of Minnesota (US)
- American Board of Emergency Medicine (US)
- MedStar Union Memorial Hospital (US)
- University of Chicago (US)
- Data Harbor (United States) (US)
- Campbell Clinic (US)
- University of Pennsylvania Health System (US)
- Wake Forest University (US)
- University of Nebraska Medical Center (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
- Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center (US)
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
- Published
- 2026-05-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2106/jbjs.25.01124
- Primary Topic
- Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
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