Arthroscopy techniques achieves pubmed central citation, yet knee and shoulder outcome failures represent a challenge, and a presidential address prepares us for adversity

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At the April 2013 Arthroscopy Association of North America annual meeting in Sari Antonio, Nick Sgaglione shared "a story about getting knocked down and getting back up." If you missed Nick's inspirational presidential address at the AANA meeting, and if you missed reading it in last month's issue, be sure go back and find Past President Sgaglione's speech, or check it out at www.arthroscopyjournal.org. "Leadership in the Face of the Adversity" includes a message that can benefit each and every one of us.Equally inspiring at the annual meeting was presidential Guest Speaker Eric Greitens, who related insights and experiences from his Navy Seal training to his community service with the Mission Continues Foundation (www .missioncontinues.org). Greitens shared anecdotes from his best-selling book, "The Heart and the Fist."Regarding our present challenges, orthopaedic surgeons and their patients are facing issues of adversity— emphasizing our need for leadership—because of health economic issues that are acute in the United States and throughout most parts of the world.3"5 We editors are thankful to the leadership of AANA for helping us to face difficult times in all areas by providing education that prepares us for clinical challenges, and leadership helping us to face issues in the area of health care delivery.As above, orthopaedic surgeons and their patients presently face clinical challenges, as there is strong evidence in the current issue suggesting that knee ACL and cartilage and shoulder arthroscopy outcomes have room for improvement.