2024 AANA/ISAKOS Specialty Day All-Access Pass-Session VI: AANA Innovations Lecture

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The 2024 Anna Innovations Lecture honors Pascal Boileau, a leading figure in shoulder surgery innovation, whose work spans arthroscopy, arthroplasty, fracture treatment, and surgical software. Boileau highlighted his development of novel arthroscopic techniques for shoulder instability and rotator cuff issues, including the use of suture buttons over screws for better fixation. He emphasized advances in modular and reverse shoulder prostheses, notably the Bio-RSA, improving patient outcomes with enhanced motion and bone graft integration. His fracture treatment includes a minimally invasive nail replacing traditional plates. Boileau also pioneered surgical planning software enabling 3D modeling and personalized implants, integrating artificial intelligence for optimal outcomes. Despite setbacks, such as glenoid metal back failures, his work pushed forward the field, including adaptations for less-developed countries. The lecture underscores shoulder surgery's evolution from early skepticism to embracing technologies like navigation, robotics, and mixed reality, with an ongoing commitment to innovation balancing necessary versus unnecessary surgeries.

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John M. Tokish, M.D., FAANA & Pascal Boileau, M.D.

Keywords

shoulder surgery

arthroscopy

arthroplasty

rotator cuff

Bio-RSA prosthesis

surgical planning software