New York and Greenwich, CT
September 26, 2025
Between sipping sweet Moroccan mint tea and enjoying chebakia, strolls along the corniche, and visits to the central market and city center, Kevin D. Plancher, MD, MPH is spending the weekend in Casablanca at the 5th International Meeting of the United European Academy. The congress focuses on “scientific exchanges based on the principle of Current Concepts with three structured themes; the implant, the technique, the patient, for both the hip and the knee. A significant portion of the program is dedicated to new technologies and innovative directions in surgical practice”.
Kevin D. Plancher MD, MPH brings with him recent research into outpatient total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Dr. Plancher’s findings were included in the 2024 AAHKS Proceedings and published in The Journal of Arthroplasty in April 2025. Within Inpatient Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty Has a Higher Risk of Early Complications: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis with Outpatient Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty, Dr. Plancher found that outpatient TKA did not carry a higher risk of medical complications, hospital readmissions, or re-vision. Read the entire article here.
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 Plancher Ortho.