JBJS EST Editor’s Choice Award Winners for 2021

The capability of the orthopaedic community to learn, teach, and demonstrate remotely has evolved over many decades, yet the recent COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of these skills. JBJS EST has kept pace, as demonstrated by the continued refinements in video presentation, quality, and efficient communication of key concepts evident across all of the articles published in 2021. Our constant attention to maintaining a high standard of quality through peer review has been integral to accomplishing these goals and staying on the leading edge of surgeon education. This quality standard was best exemplified by each of the 2021 JBJS EST Editor’s Choice Award winners.

In the Key Procedures articles series, which focuses on basic techniques that most general orthopaedic surgeons perform, Lo et al.,¹ paid homage to the giants of shoulder surgery, aptly summarizing and demonstrating the modified Latarjet technique for glenohumeral dislocations and instability.

In the Subspecialty Procedures article series, which focuses on advanced procedures performed most often by subspecialists, Debbi et al.,² tackled the difficult problem of chronic knee arthrofibrosis following total knee arthroplasty, exhibiting how a rotating hinge arthroplasty can address knee stiffness. Although this aggressive solution is hopefully seldom employed, it is effective when performed properly, and their presentation enables surgeons to accomplish this goal.

We congratulate both teams of authors on their scholarly work and contribution to our profession. Their efforts will have an impact by improving patient care worldwide. Furthermore, we thank the larger family of surgeons in our profession who provide the foundation whereby these achievements in our field can be accomplished and encourage those surgeons on the sidelines observing to get engaged and join our endeavor.