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The Relationship Between the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons and The Journal of Arthroplasty
The Journal of Arthroplasty Vol. 20 No. 7 Suppl. 3 2005
The Relationship Between the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons and The Journal of Arthroplasty The purpose of this article is to present a brief summary of the origins of the relationship between the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons and The Journal of Arthroplasty as it has developed over the past few years. It is to be hoped that it will serve to educate the members to the leadership and relationships that have gone before us to create this important collaboration. I believe that the now official relationship between the Journal of Arthroplasty and the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons started under Richard Rothman’s editorship. Dennis Lennox made the suggestion to approach Churchill Livingstone about founding a journal dedicated to arthroplasty, but it really was meant to cover all aspects of adult reconstruction, up to and including arthroplasty. We did a survey of Clinical Orthopedics and Related Research and the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery and felt that there were not enough content pages in the course of the average year to satisfy the demand of the growing world of arthroplasty surgical research. It was also a time in which arthroplasty was undergoing a tremendous number of changes, including the cementless revolution and all the issues that this involved. Churchill Livingstone accepted the idea, and the first issue was published in 1986. I was one of the founding members of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons (AAHKS), at the invitation of Chitranjan Ranawat, and the program chair for the first 2 meetings. It was felt that there needed to be an organization that was inclusive for all those whose practices included a substantial number of arthroplasties. The Hip Society and Knee Society were by invitation only, limited in numbers of members. Both Societies played and continue to play important roles in education, but they did not represent most surgeons doing arthroplasty. There were several issues that needed a voice representing most surgeons in the United States. The American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons has filled and is filling that important need and has demonstrated ongoing growth and diversification. Initially, there was no universal agreement that The Journal of Arthroplasty (JOA) was necessary. I received a letter from Michael Freeman at the outset, stating his reservations about the need for b yet another journal.Q Several years later, I think, when Richard Rothman took over the editorship and when Michael Freeman became the European Editor, he wrote another letter saying he was bhappy to admit that (he) was wrong,Q as this relationship became successful. In the early years of the AAHKS, many of the papers for the JOA came from AAHKS presentations. Initially, we had to bbeat the bushesQ for manuscripts, and a lot of hand holding went on to get the manuscripts up to the necessary standards. Quite quickly, however, the trickle of manuscripts became a steady supply and the quality of the JOA has really improved. The Editorial Board has been strengthened and now represents many of the thought leaders and contributors to arthritis surgery. I think that the quality of the manuscripts published today is comparable with anything on arthroplasty that is published in the Orthopedic literature and will likely continue to be strengthened in the years to come. David S. Hungerford, MD Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland
n 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 0883-5403/05/1906-0004$30.00/0 doi:10.1016/j.arth.2005.08.001
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The Relationship Between the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons and The Journal of Arthroplasty The purpose of this article is to present a brief summary of the origins of the relationship between the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons and The Journal of Arthroplasty as it has developed over the past few years. It is to be hoped that it will serve to educate the members to the leadership and relationships that have gone before us to create this important collaboration. I believe that the now official relationship between the Journal of Arthroplasty and the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons started under Richard Rothman’s editorship. Dennis Lennox made the suggestion to approach Churchill Livingstone about founding a journal dedicated to arthroplasty, but it really was meant to cover all aspects of adult reconstruction, up to and including arthroplasty. We did a survey of Clinical Orthopedics and Related Research and the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery and felt that there were not enough content pages in the course of the average year to satisfy the demand of the growing world of arthroplasty surgical research. It was also a time in which arthroplasty was undergoing a tremendous number of changes, including the cementless revolution and all the issues that this involved. Churchill Livingstone accepted the idea, and the first issue was published in 1986. I was one of the founding members of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons (AAHKS), at the invitation of Chitranjan Ranawat, and the program chair for the first 2 meetings. It was felt that there needed to be an organization that was inclusive for all those whose practices included a substantial number of arthroplasties. The Hip Society and Knee Society were by invitation only, limited in numbers of members. Both Societies played and continue to play important roles in education, but they did not represent most surgeons doing arthroplasty. There were several issues that needed a voice representing most surgeons in the United States. The American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons has filled and is filling that important need and has demonstrated ongoing growth and diversification. Initially, there was no universal agreement that The Journal of Arthroplasty (JOA) was necessary. I received a letter from Michael Freeman at the outset, stating his reservations about the need for b yet another journal.Q Several years later, I think, when Richard Rothman took over the editorship and when Michael Freeman became the European Editor, he wrote another letter saying he was bhappy to admit that (he) was wrong,Q as this relationship became successful. In the early years of the AAHKS, many of the papers for the JOA came from AAHKS presentations. Initially, we had to bbeat the bushesQ for manuscripts, and a lot of hand holding went on to get the manuscripts up to the necessary standards. Quite quickly, however, the trickle of manuscripts became a steady supply and the quality of the JOA has really improved. The Editorial Board has been strengthened and now represents many of the thought leaders and contributors to arthritis surgery. I think that the quality of the manuscripts published today is comparable with anything on arthroplasty that is published in the Orthopedic literature and will likely continue to be strengthened in the years to come. David S. Hungerford, MD Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland
n 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 0883-5403/05/1906-0004$30.00/0 doi:10.1016/j.arth.2005.08.001
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