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Hi all ICM 2018 document (over 2500 pages) is getting ready for review. Preliminary document will be available soon on the app.

Paper of the week: Large variations in clinical antibiotic activity against Staphylococcus aureus biofilms of periprosthetic joint infection isolates. Mandell JB, Orr S, Koch J, Nourie B, Ma D, Bonar DD, Shah N, Urish KL. J Orthop Res. 2019 Mar 27. doi: 10.1002/jor.24291 Summary by Dr Sreeram Penna In this study researchers assessed the efficacy…

Paper of the week: Cutibacterium acnes and the shoulder microbiome. Qiu B, Al K, Pena-Diaz AM, Athwal GS, Drosdowech D, Faber KJ, Burton JP, O’Gorman DB. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2018 Oct;27(10):1734-1739. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jse.2018.04.019. Summary and Editorial by Dr. Sreeram Penna and Dr. Surena Namdari The aim of this study is to determine if there…

Hi all we are uploading consensus document in to the app. Following sections are live: General, Biofilm, Foot and Ankle, Oncology, Spine, and Trauma. We will be uploading rest over next few days. Stay tuned.

Hi all 2018 consensus document will be available soon on Monday August 27, 2018.

Dear Delegates, For those of you who may be attending the AAOS next week, we wanted to let you know that copies of the ICM book will be distributed during the ICM symposium to be held on Thursday 6-7:30 PM at Titan Room Venetian(sponsored by Convatec) and also another symposium on the same day from…