A new analysis of 18 studies about the use of bone morphogenic protein for lumbar fusions show the product doesn't significantly improve outcomes, according to a report in AAOS Now.

Kevin J. Bozic, MD, vice chair of the department of orthopedic surgery at the University of California, San Francisco, was recently named chair of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Council on Research and Quality.

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons recently announced the election of Matthew Dobbs, MD, to its Board of Directors.

Frederick M. Azar, MD, chief of staff at Campbell Clinic in Memphis, was recently elected the second vice president of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, according to an AAOS news release.

Franklin Sim, MD, an orthopedic surgeon and professor of orthopedics at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., was recently recognized with the Diversity Award from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, according to an AAOS news release.

Karen L. Hackett, CEO of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, introduced a new initiative to describe the value orthopedic surgeons provide for their patients' quality of life, according to an AAOS Now report.

Analysts are predicting the orthopedic device market will experience low growth over the next few years, according to a Mass Device report.

Here are 18 statistics about orthopedic surgeon subspecialty areas of practice based on data from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons' 2010 Orthopaedic Surgeon Census.

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1. 39.6 percent of surgeons identified arthroscopy as their area of practice
2. 39 percent identified as adult knee
3. 38 percent identified as sports medicine
4. 29.1 percent identified as adult hip
5. 17.8 percent identified as total joint replacement
6. 17.3 percent identified as hand
7. 16.5 percent identified as shoulder and elbow
8. 12.3 percent identified as adult spine
9. 11.4 percent identified as foot and ankle
10. 10.7 percent identified as trauma
11. 6.5 percent identified as no specialty
12. 4.8 percent identified as non-operative practitioners
13. 4.2 percent identified as pediatric orthopedics
14. 3.3 percent identified as disability or legal orthopedics
15. 2.8 percent identified as pediatric spine
16. 1.9 percent identified as other specialty
17. 1.2 percent identified as rehabilitation/prosthetics/orthotics
18. 0.9 percent identified as orthopedic oncology

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