AANA Surveys
Survey Request Portal
Do you have a survey you’d like to release to the membership to understand a wide variety of issues including specialty areas, coding, outcomes and more?
Submit your surveys for the orthopaedic community to take part in. Submitting and participating in these surveys will provide your colleagues and peers with helpful data to advance the field of minimally invasive surgery and orthopaedic outcomes.
All surveys submitted to AANA for publication will be peer reviewed by members of the AANA Research Committee.
Criteria for Consideration:
- Surveys must have IRB or REB approval.
- The survey objectives must be defined and in alignment with AANA goals. The survey may not be intended for commercial use or commercial product development.
- AANA must receive, review and approve a sample of the survey.
- The specific target audience must be defined should the requester wish to target a specific group of AANA members.
- A timeline for data collection must be established.
- Should the requester wish to publish the survey data in a peer-reviewed scientific journal, Arthroscopy will have the first right of refusal.
- The survey results will be made available to AANA for its use.
Questions? Please contact Pablo Palafox-Castillo at pablo@aana.org.
Current Survey Opportunities
Help your fellow colleagues with important surveys meant to gather meaningful input to advance research in the field of orthopaedics and minimally invasive surgery!
Both AANA members and staff have peer-reviewed the survey links below. We appreciate you taking the time to participate in these surveys.
Mini C-Arm Use in Orthopaedic Sports Medicine: Practice Patterns, Radiation Safety, and Surgeon Health Outcomes
Survey open until 9/18/2026
By: Amirsoheil Zareh
Primary aim: Determine the prevalence of lead apron and other protective equipment use among sports medicine surgeons using a mini C-arm.
Secondary aim: Compare practice patterns by surgeon demographics, years in practice, case volume, and practice setting. Explore prevalence of self-reported health diagnoses such as cataracts, thyroid disease, or malignancy.
Practice Patterns for Suture Tape Augmentation and Lateral Extra-Articular Procedures in ACL reconstruction: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Sports Medicine Physicians
Survey open until 10/7/2026
By: Mary K. Mulcahey, MD
Primary Aim: To analyze the primary indications for the use of suture tape, ALL, or LET augmentation by sports medicine surgeons during ACL reconstruction.
Secondary Aim: To explore how demographic factors, such as sex, practice type (academic, private practice, privademic, military), geographic location, and years in practice, of sports medicine surgeons impact the utilization of these adjunct procedures.