Joseph D. Lamplot, MD, an orthopedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, and Samuel A. Taylor, MD, an orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, discuss techniques and strategies for conducting an orthopedic exam of the knee via a video call visit in this video from the Hospital for Special Surgery. Lamplot and Taylor are coauthors on a related article appearing in HSS Journal: The Musculoskeletal Journal of Hospital for Special Surgery. You can see other related videos and articles on orthopedic telehealth exams at the HSS' E-Academy site. This transcript has been edited for clarity.
Samuel A. Taylor, MD: Joe, we have a 17-year-old Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) basketball player who sustained a noncontact knee hyperextension injury while in California. What do you do?
Joseph D. Lamplot, MD: If this comes through our call center on a Monday, then I don't think this person necessarily needs an in-person evaluation. If it comes acutely, you have to make sure that there's not a tibial tubercle avulsion or something that's more urgent. For the most part, we can see and triage these things via telemedicine pretty effectively and get advanced imaging, if necessary, based on that visit.
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Techniques for a Telehealth Exam of the Knee
Samuel A. Taylor, MD; Joseph D. Lamplot, MD
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Joseph D. Lamplot, MD, an orthopedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, and Samuel A. Taylor, MD, an orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, discuss techniques and strategies for conducting an orthopedic exam of the knee via a video call visit in this video from the Hospital for Special Surgery. Lamplot and Taylor are coauthors on a related article appearing in HSS Journal: The Musculoskeletal Journal of Hospital for Special Surgery. You can see other related videos and articles on orthopedic telehealth exams at the HSS' E-Academy site. This transcript has been edited for clarity.
Samuel A. Taylor, MD: Joe, we have a 17-year-old Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) basketball player who sustained a noncontact knee hyperextension injury while in California. What do you do?
Joseph D. Lamplot, MD: If this comes through our call center on a Monday, then I don't think this person necessarily needs an in-person evaluation. If it comes acutely, you have to make sure that there's not a tibial tubercle avulsion or something that's more urgent. For the most part, we can see and triage these things via telemedicine pretty effectively and get advanced imaging, if necessary, based on that visit.
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Samuel A. Taylor, MD
Assistant Attending Orthopedic Surgeon, Hospital for Special Surgery; Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY; Associate Team Physician, New York Giants; Team physician for the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) semiprofessional football team
Disclosure: Samuel A. Taylor, MD, has disclosed a relevant financial relationship with DJO Orthopedics.
Joseph D. Lamplot, MD
Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; Associate Team Physician, Atlanta Falcons; Team physician for multiple Hall County, Georgia, high schools
Disclosure: Joseph D. Lamplot, MD, has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships:
Receives research support from: Arthrex
Receives consulting fees from: DePuy/Mitek