Timeline AAOS 2020 – 2026 Orthopedic Milestones

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2020–2022
2023–2026

Orthopedic leadership centered on adapting clinical practice to COVID-era constraints, as disruptions to surgery schedules, professional meetings, and traditional care pathways accelerated the use of telehealth, digital follow-up, remote rehabilitation, and alternative care-delivery models.

The focus of orthopedic advancement shifted toward technology-enabled surgical ecosystems, with leadership increasingly emphasizing robotic precision, AI-assisted planning, augmented-reality guidance, smart implants, outpatient systems, clinical registries, and longitudinal tracking of implant performance and patient outcomes.