Potter Eric, Fernandez Isaac, Fillinger Meghan, Potter Dana, Nguyen Mai P, Reich Michael S
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, El Paso, TX (Mr. Potter, Dr. Fernandez, Dr. Fillinger, Dr. Nguyen, Dr. Reich); the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, TX (Dr. Fillinger); and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor Scott & White Health, Dallas, TX (Dr. Potter).
J Am Acad Orthop Surg Glob Res Rev. 2019 Aug 16;3(8):e020. doi: 10.5435/JAAOSGlobal-D-19-00020. eCollection 2019 Aug.
Time and financial resources pose limitations to orthopaedic surgeons wishing to advance their orthopaedic knowledge, and surgeons frequently must choose one meeting to attend. We sought to determine whether abstracts presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) annual meeting or the trauma (Orthopaedic Trauma Association [OTA]) or arthroplasty (American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons [AAHKS]) subspecialty meetings, respectively, were higher yield with respect to material ultimately being published. We hypothesized that papers accepted by AAOS would demonstrate higher conversion to publication compared with OTA and AAHKS but expected abstract publication rates from OTA and AAHKS to be similar.
All clinical and preclinical abstracts from the trauma and total joint arthroplasty subspecialties presented at the AAOS, OTA, and AAHKS annual meetings in 2015 were evaluated. Data collected included the current status of the publication, journal and publication date, time to publication, and country of origin (United States or international).
There were 516 (N = 213, AAOS; N = 303, OTA) trauma and 711 (N = 470, AAOS; N = 241 AAHKS) arthroplasty poster and podium presentations. When comparing publication rates in trauma, no significant difference was observed in overall publication rates between AAOS and OTA at 57.2% (N = 122 published) and 60.4% (N = 183 published), respectively ( = 0.54). In addition, no significant difference was observed in overall publication rates in arthroplasty between AAOS and AAHKS, with publication rates of 65.3% (N = 307 published) and 59.8% (N = 144 published), respectively ( = 0.17). Of abstracts that were published, AAHKS arthroplasty abstracts were more likely to be published in (JOA, 69.4%) compared with OTA trauma abstracts published in the (JOT, 33.3%), < 0.001.
The overall publication rates, along with publication rates to premiere subspecialty journals, is indicative of forefront research being presented at the three annual meetings. Given the comparable research quality of OTA and AAHKS abstracts, the AAOS meeting appears to provide the highest yield for surgeons with more generalized practices or practices spanning multiple subspecialties.
时间和财力限制了希望提升骨科知识的骨科医生，医生们常常必须选择参加一场会议。我们试图确定在美国骨科医师学会（AAOS）年会、创伤（骨科创伤协会[OTA]）或关节成形术（美国髋膝关节外科医生协会[AAHKS]）专科会议上发表的摘要，就最终发表的材料而言，是否产出更高。我们假设，与OTA和AAHKS相比，被AAOS接受的论文将显示出更高的发表转化率，但预计OTA和AAHKS的摘要发表率会相似。
对2015年在AAOS、OTA和AAHKS年会上发表的创伤和全关节置换专科的所有临床和临床前摘要进行评估。收集的数据包括发表的当前状态、期刊和发表日期、发表时间以及原产国（美国或国际）。
有516篇（N = 213，AAOS；N = 303，OTA）创伤相关和711篇（N = 470，AAOS；N = 241，AAHKS）关节成形术的海报展示和讲台报告。比较创伤相关的发表率时，AAOS和OTA的总体发表率分别为57.2%（N = 122篇发表）和60.4%（N = 183篇发表），未观察到显著差异（ = 0.54）。此外，AAOS和AAHKS在关节成形术的总体发表率上也未观察到显著差异，发表率分别为65.3%（N = 307篇发表）和59.8%（N = 144篇发表）（ = 0.17）。在已发表的摘要中，与发表在《骨科创伤杂志》（JOT，33.3%）的OTA创伤摘要相比，AAHKS关节成形术摘要更有可能发表在《骨关节炎与软骨》（JOA，69.4%）上， < 0.001。
总体发表率以及在专科顶级期刊上的发表率表明，这三场年会展示了前沿研究。鉴于OTA和AAHKS摘要的研究质量相当，AAOS会议似乎为实践更广泛或涵盖多个专科的外科医生提供了最高的产出。
