The OTA Podcast
The OTA Podcast Channel is your home for conversations with leading experts in orthopedic trauma. Directed and hosted by the OTA podcast committee, listeners can expect to hear 1-1 interviews with thought leaders, panel discussions on key subjects, hot topic debates from the masters, and timely reviews of clinical papers. The episodes will be structured in series, by subject, and will be 30 minutes in length or less, making it convenient for our members and other listeners. Education is an important mission of the OTA and we are pleased to add the OTA podcast channel to our robust offering of learning opportunities.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 23 minutes
- Episodes
- 112
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Great Debates: ORIF vs Revision of B2 Periprosthetic Fractures
Join host Dr. Michael Blankstein as he and Professor Rodrigo Pesantez debate the treatment options for Vancouver B2 periprosthetic fractures and stress the importance of knowing how and when to fix o…
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Great Debates: Weight-bearing After Periarticular Fracture Repair - To Let Them Walk or Not?
Dr. Greg Gaski hosts an engaging conversation with Drs. Peter Mittwede, and Rob Wetzel on treatment protocols following periarticular fracture repair including controversial topics with limited high-…
Great Debates: Operative vs Nonoperative Treatment of Humeral Shaft Fractures
Dr. Joseph Patterson moderates another lively debate with Dr. Josh Blomberg and Dr. Charalampos Zalavras on the topic of Operative versus Nonoperative Treatment of Humeral Shaft Fractures.
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Great Debates: Do All Isolated Femur Fractures Need a Skeletal Traction Procedure in the ED?
Dr. Greg Gaski hosts Drs. Brian Mullis and Bill Obremsky as they discuss the use of skeletal traction in isolated femur fractures. They discuss how they were trained and how their treatment of these …
Great Debates: Hindfoot Fusion Nail for Low Demand Older Adult Patients with Distal Tibia or Ankle Fractures
Listen in as host Dr. Gerard Slobogean talks with Dr. Marcus Sciadini about use of hindfoot nails to treat low demand patients's pilon fractures.
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AI in Orthopaedic Trauma Part 2
Drs. Alex Crespo and Christian Pean conclude the conversation about the interesting potential use cases of AI in Orthopaedic Trauma.
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AI in Orthopaedic Trauma Part 1
Host Dr. Alex Crespo chats with Dr. Christian Pean about the potential of AI in Orthopedic Trauma in part 1 of this 2 part series.
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Great Debates: Geriatric Distal Femur fractures
Drs. Malcolm DeBaun and Suman Medda discuss the many fixation options in the management of geriatric distal femur fractures.
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Great Debates: Mini-fragment Fixation for Complex Pilon Fractures
Drs. Malcolm DeBaun and Sean Campbell discuss the history of mini fragment fixation and its application in complex pilon fractures.
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Great Debates: Transverse Acetabulum - Prone vs Lateral
Drs. Malcolm DeBaun and Mark Gage discuss the pros & cons of patient positioning when treating transverse acetabulum fractures.
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Great Debates: Mid-life Crisis- Displaced Femoral Neck Fracture in the Active 50 Year-old Cyclist- Fix or THA?
Listen in as guest Keith Mayo and host Michael Blankstein debate treatment strategies of displaced femoral neck fractures in middle-aged active patients. They discuss challenges, philosophies, and ap…
Hospital Icon Series: Harborview Part 2
Listen in as co-hosts Michael Blankstein and Alexander Crespo conclude the conversation with Marc Swiontkowski and Stephen Benirshke on the history of Harborview Medical Center, in our continuing Hos…
Hospital Icon Series: Harborview Part 1
In part 1 of a two-part conversation, co-hosts Michael Blankstein and Alexander Crespo discuss the history of Harborview Medical Center with Marc Swiontkowski and Stephen Benirshke, in our continuing…
Great Debates: Femoral Neck Shaft Combo-- Is There An Ideal Approach?
Host Dr. Michael Blankstein invites Dr. Michael Kain to discuss how to treat young patients with the femoral neck-shaft fracture combination. How should we treat these injuries? In what sequence shou…
Hospital Icon Series: Shock Trauma Part 2
Listen in to this interesting concluding episode as co-hosts Drs. Michael Blankstein and Alexander Crespo speak with Drs. Andrew Burgess and Andrew Pollak speak about the formation and evolution of S…
Hospital Icon Series: Shock Trauma Part 1
Join co-hosts Dr. Michael Blankstein and Dr. Alexander Crespo as they speak with Drs. Andrew Burgess and Andrew Pollak in Part 1 focused on the foundation of Shock Trauma in this new Hospital Icon Se…
Great Debates: Sutures vs. Staples
Host Dr. Joe Patterson chats with guests Drs. Jonah Davies and Josh Gary as they debate the merits of alternative skin closure techniques in orthopaedic trauma.
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Great Debates: Non-operative vs. Operative Treatment of Chest Wall Injuries
Host Dr. Michael Blankstein has an engaging conversation with Dr. Niloofar Dehghan debating non-operative vs. operative treatment of flail chest injuries.
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Great Debates: Induced Membrane Bone Grafting vs. Bone Transport for Critical-sized Bone Defects
Join host Dr. Joe Patterson as he chats with Dr. Geoffrey Marecek about the debate in bone grafting compared to bone transport for the treatment of bone defects.
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