Duke Orthopaedics was represented at the 16th World Congress of the International Cartilage Repair Society in Berlin, Germany by Drs. Amy McNulty, Richard Danilkowicz, and Samuel Adams. ​Dr. Adams presented his work “Midterm Prospective Evaluation of Structural Allograft Transplantation for ​Osteochondral Lesions of the Talar Shoulder”​​
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Fourth-year resident, Richard Danilkowicz presented 3 podium research presentations and 3 poster presentations.  
Podium presentations: ​​

  • “Histological and Inflammatory Cytokine Analysis of Osteochondral Lesions of the Talus after Failed Microfracture, ​​
    a Comparison to Fresh Allograft Controls” ​​
  • “Histologic Grading Correlates with Inflammatory Biomarkers in Tibialis Posterior Tendon Dysfunction” ​​
  • “Synovial Fluid Fracture Hematoma Causes Cartilage Damage and Chondrocyte Death that is Partially Attenuated ​by Anti-Inflammatory Agents” ​​

Poster presentations:​​

  • “MicroCT Analysis of Subchondral Bone Reveals Disorganized Architecture after Cartilage Damage” ​​
  • “3D Bioprinted GelMA-Gelatin-Hydroxyapatite Osteoblast Composite Hydrogels for Bone Tissue Engineering” ​​
  • “3D Bioprinted GelMA-Gelatin-Hydroxyapatie-Demineralized Bone Matrix Osteoblast Composite Hydrogels for ​Bone Tissue Engineering” ​​