Dr. Frank A. Cordasco
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You know, the low-hanging fruit in orthopedics has been anything that involves bone.
So total joint replacements, spine surgery with pedicle screw instrumentation.
It's a bit easier to manage those patients with preoperative imaging like 3D CT scans, where you can then utilize your intraoperative devices with robotics and...
computer instrumentation to really support that.
I'd have to say that my field, sports medicine, meaning soft tissue work in terms of ligaments and tendons, has probably been a little bit behind for a number of reasons.
First off, as I mentioned, bone, but there are some exciting interests in the future and facets that I think we can touch on in a little bit.
Moving from imaging to planning and intraoperative support, I've mentioned that complex work, and I think arthroscopy and sports procedures will, over the short term, in the next year to five years, we can expect more automated recognition of anatomy and pathology in arthroscopic video and the use of augmented reality guidance over the next few years.
And then I think the predictive analysis models with outcomes and logistics is another exciting aspect of this where we can forecast
Again, on the arthroplasty side, length of stay, complications, and readmissions.
But similar tools are emerging now in my areas of ACL, meniscus, and shoulder surgeries on the soft tissue side.
And obviously on the practical side for clinic notes, et cetera, AI is already used, for example, at my hospital at HSS and starting to auto-draft clinic notes, op notes, and pre-op plans.
which can cut documentation time and help with burnout for many physicians and physician extenders.
If we move from there to remote monitoring apps and data-rich rehab, again, this is really exciting and it has already been implemented and executed in the last several years, but there's more to follow.
So virtual follow-up now is a stable part of my post-op care, particularly as a sports surgeon who sees athletes from all over the country and in some cases all over the world.
So
Historically, prior to the pandemic, it would be difficult to have those patients return to New York and to my office to seek consultation.
Typically, with an ACL reconstruction, for example, we would see patients at 10 days for a wound check, one month, two months, three months, four and a half months, six months, nine months, and 12 months post-op, and then a two-year follow-up.
And when you're dealing with patients who are both domestic and international distances from New York, this has just been a game changer for us.
So now myself...
My own athletic trainer and my PA can meet in a room, so to speak, virtually with an athlete in Seattle or Los Angeles, and their entire group of local physical therapists, trainers, and even the team physicians in their own training facility.
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