New York and Greenwich, CT
March 13, 2023

Kevin D. Plancher, MD, MPH, FAOA, FAOS attended the 54th Annual American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Meeting last week. Back in-person for the first time since the pandemic, AAOS 2023 in Las Vegas was bustling with world-renown professionals in orthopaedic surgery. While in attendance Dr. Plancher was honored to participate in the Resident’s Course. Kevin’s topics included; The User’s Guide to Ancillary Income, Marketing, and Consulting – What I Wish I Knew, When I Was You – Speed Mentoring for Residents.

Kevin D. Plancher, MD, MPH, FAOA, FAOS is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon and founder of Plancher Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine. Dr. Plancher is a Clinical Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine and an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, at the Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University in New York. Since 2001, he has been listed annually in the Castle Connolly directory as a “top doctor” in his field.

Plancher Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine is a comprehensive orthopaedics and sports medicine practice, specializing in arthroplasty with offices in New York City and Greenwich, CT. Leaders in orthopaedics, sports medicine, and acute emergency treatment of sports injuries and rehabilitation utilizing the latest techniques in orthopaedic care. plancherortho.com

New York and Greenwich, CT
February 2, 2023

Kevin D. Plancher, MD, MPH, FAOA, FAOS attended the ACL Study Group 2023 Meeting in St. Kitts this past week. The ACL Study Group is an international group of orthopaedic surgeons with a specialist interest in the Anterior Cruciate Ligament. Research conferences take place every two years covering the latest science and clinical work, allowing for the open sharing of ideas, ultimately for the benefit of patients. While in attendance with peers from around the world, Dr. Plancher presented the work of he and his colleagues at the Orthopaedic Foundation for Active Lifestyles, Predictors of Joint Space at a Minimum 10 Years Following Single-Bundle Bone-Patellar Tendon-Bone ACL Reconstruction Using A Transtibial Technique.

Kevin D. Plancher, MD, MPH, FAOA, FAOS is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon and founder of Plancher Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine. Dr. Plancher is a Clinical Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine and an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, at the Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University in New York. Since 2001, he has been listed annually in the Castle Connolly directory as a “top doctor” in his field.

Plancher Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine is a comprehensive orthopaedics and sports medicine practice, specializing in arthroplasty with offices in New York City and Greenwich, CT. Leaders in orthopaedics, sports medicine, and acute emergency treatment of sports injuries and rehabilitation utilizing the latest techniques in orthopaedic care. plancherortho.com

New York and Greenwich, CT
January 18, 2023

Springer recently published Arthroscopy and Endoscopy of the Shoulder online including two chapters by Kevin D. Plancher’s, MD, MPH, FAOA, FAOS and his colleagues at the Orthopaedic Foundation for Active Lifestyles. The first chapter, Management of Anterior Shoulder Instability with Minimum Glenoid Bone Loss: Arthroscopic Bankart Repair with Modified Capsular Shift, discusses Arthroscopic Bankart repair as an accepted treatment option for patients presenting with anterior shoulder instability and minimal glenoid bone loss (<20%). Improvements in technology and surgeon experience have led to better patient outcomes and fewer complications compared to the open Bankart repair. The amount and location of bone loss associated with a Bankart lesion is a factor that must be considered in surgical decision-making when deciding between an open or arthroscopic Bankart repair, or an alternative procedure such as a Latarjet. This chapter will outline the indications and contraindications for arthroscopic Bankart repair in patients with anterior shoulder instability with minimal glenoid bone loss, as well as outline the modified arthroscopic Bankart technique used by the senior author.

The second chapter, Endoscopic Suprascapular Nerve Decompression at the Spinoglenoid and Suprascapular Notches, presents suprascapular neuropathy as characterized by pain or weakness in the afflicted shoulder as a result of compression of the suprascapular nerve. Delayed diagnosis could result in irreversible atrophy and weakness in the infraspinatus alone or both the infraspinatus and supraspinatus, depending on whether compression occurs at the superior transverse scapular ligament (TSL) or the spinoglenoid ligament. While conservative treatment is often the first line of management, release of the suprascapular nerve may be necessary to alleviate pain and restore strength. This chapter will explore arthroscopic release of the suprascapular nerve at the superior TSL and the spinoglenoid ligament.

Kevin D. Plancher, MD, MPH, FAOA, FAOS is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon and founder of Plancher Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine. Dr. Plancher is a Clinical Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine and an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, at the Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University in New York. Since 2001, he has been listed annually in the Castle Connolly directory as a “top doctor” in his field.

Plancher Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine is a comprehensive orthopaedics and sports medicine practice, specializing in arthroplasty with offices in New York City and Greenwich, CT. Leaders in orthopaedics, sports medicine, and acute emergency treatment of sports injuries and rehabilitation utilizing the latest techniques in orthopaedic care. plancherortho.com

New York and Greenwich, CT
January 1, 2023

Europe PMC (PubMed Central) recently published the article Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty Made Simple an instructional course lecture by Kevin D. Plancher’s, MD, MPH and colleagues. This article highlights the success of UKA relies on appropriate patient selection and patient optimization before surgery is performed. Improved prosthesis design and surgical techniques for medial and lateral and fixed and mobile bearing UKA have also contributed to improved knee biomechanics, faster recovery, and improved outcomes. Indications, factors affecting patient selection, the role of limb alignment, and the surgical pearls for fixed and mobile bearing and medial and lateral UKA are important topics for discussion.

Kevin D. Plancher, MD, MPH, is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon and founder of Plancher Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine. Dr. Plancher is a Clinical Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine and an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, at the Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University in New York. Since 2001, he has been listed annually in the Castle Connolly directory as a “top doctor” in his field.

Plancher Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine is a comprehensive orthopaedics and sports medicine practice, specializing in arthroplasty with offices in New York City and Greenwich, CT. Leaders in orthopaedics, sports medicine, and acute emergency treatment of sports injuries and rehabilitation utilizing the latest techniques in orthopaedic care. plancherortho.com

New York City, NY and Greenwich, CT
December 8, 2022

Kevin D. Plancher, MD, MPH, FAOA, FAAOS joined the University of Colorado School of Medicine – Orthopedics for Grand Rounds on December 7, 2022. Dr. Plancher presented, “Value-Based Care: A Call For Surgeon Innovation”. Participants learned how the terms “quality” and “value” are defined within value-based healthcare, alternatives and solutions for a new value-based health care and how this contributes to improved quality and value of patient care; along with evaluating the advantages and disadvantages of reference pricing.

Kevin D. Plancher, MD, MPH, FAOA, FAAOS, is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon and founder of Plancher Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine. Dr. Plancher is one of only thirty-six Orthopaedic Surgeons who hold American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery certification in both Surgery of the Hand and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine. He is a Clinical Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine and an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, at the Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University in New York. Since 2001, he has been listed annually in the Castle Connolly directory as a “top doctor” in his field.

Plancher Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine is a comprehensive orthopaedics and sports medicine practice with offices in New York City and Greenwich, CT. Leaders in arthroplasty, orthopaedics, sports medicine, and acute emergency treatment of sports injuries and rehabilitation utilizing the latest techniques in orthopaedic care. plancherortho.com.

New York City, NY and Greenwich, CT
November 21, 2022

Our last update had Kevin D. Plancher, MD, MPH, FAOA, FAAOS as an honored professor at the Korean Shoulder and Elbow Society (KSES) Fall Symposium. This week we find Kevin in Levi, Finland for the FIS World Cup as a team physician with the Stifel U.S. Alpine Team Women’s Team! While in attendance Dr. Plancher had the honor of meeting the U.S. Ambassador to Finland, Douglas Hickey. The celebrations were non-stop as the team witnessed Ava Sunshine’s debut in the World Cup circuit earning her first points while coming in with two top-30 finishes. Katie Hensien also placed in the top-30. All eyes were on Mikaela Shiffrin this weekend as she ran away with her 75th and 76th World Cup victories and broke the record for the most podiums in a single discipline by any female skier. Read more about the debut World Cup weekend.

  Kevin D. Plancher, MD, MPH, FAAOS, is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon and founder of Plancher Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine. Dr. Plancher is one of only thirty-six Orthopaedic Surgeons who hold American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery certification in both Surgery of the Hand and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine. He is a Clinical Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine and an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, at the Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University in New York. Since 2001, he has been listed annually in the Castle Connolly directory as a “top doctor” in his field.

Plancher Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine is a comprehensive orthopaedics and sports medicine practice with offices in New York City and Greenwich, CT. Leaders in orthopaedics, sports medicine, and acute emergency treatment of sports injuries and rehabilitation utilizing the latest techniques in orthopaedic care. plancherortho.com.