As concerns regarding health-care expenditure in the U.S. remain at national forefront, outpatient arthroplasty is an appealing option for carefully selected patient populations. The purpose of this study was to determine nationwide trends and complication rates associated with total knee (TKA) comparison standard inpatient TKA.We performed a retrospective review Humana subset PearlDiver Patient Record Database identify patients who had undergone TKA (Current Procedural Terminology [CPT]...

With healthcare expenditure in the national forefront, outpatient arthroplasty is an appealing option select patient populations. The purpose of this study was to determine complication rates associated with total hip (THA) comparison standard inpatient THA.We performed a retrospective review Humana subset PearlDiver insurance records database identify patients undergoing THA (Current Procedural Terminology-27130 and Current Terminology-27132) as either outpatients or inpatients from 2007...

Background: Malunion is the most frequent complication seen after a fracture of distal end radius. The primary aim this study was to compare patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) corrective osteotomy for malunited radial fractures with and without 3-dimensional (3D) planning use patient-specific surgical guides. Methods: From September 2010 May 2015, 40 adult patients symptomatic extra-articular were randomized 3D computer-assisted or conventional 2-dimensional (2D) osteotomy....

Abstract Background Malunion is the most common complication of distal radius fracture. It has previously been demonstrated that there a correlation between quality anatomical correction and overall wrist function. However, surgical can be difficult because often complex anatomy associated with this condition. Computer assisted planning, combined patient-specific guides, potential to improve pre-operative understanding patient as well intra-operative accuracy. For patients malunion fracture,...

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture is a common ligamentous injury often necessitating surgery. Current surgical treatment options include reconstruction with autograft or allograft, which have their inherent limitations. Thus, there interest in tissue-engineered substitute for use ACL regeneration. However, been relatively few vivo studies to date. In this study, an athymic rat model of was used evaluate electrospun polycaprolactone (PCL) grafts, and without the addition basic...

Objective Patients commonly use the Internet to obtain their health-related information. The purpose of this study was investigate quality, accuracy, and readability online patient resources for management articular cartilage defects. Design Three search terms ("cartilage defect," "cartilage damage," injury") were entered into 3 engines (Google, Bing, Yahoo). first 25 websites from each collected reviewed. quality accuracy information independently evaluated by reviewers using predetermined...

Submuscular plating for pediatric femur fracture has become more commonplace treatment of length unstable fractures. These plates act as an internal fixator and rely on minimally invasive insertion techniques long plate lengths to achieve the goal stable fixation local biologic preservation. Plate removal in children after submuscular not been reported literature.We reviewed records 22 patients at our institution who were treated with a plate, which was eventually removed healing. A review...

Niver EL, Leong N, Greene J, Curtis D, Ryder MI, Ho SP. Reduced functional loads alter the physical characteristics of bone–periodontal ligament–cementum complex. J Periodont Res 2011; 46: 730–741. © 2011 John Wiley & Sons A/S Background and Objective: Adaptive properties ligament–tooth complex have been identified by changing magnitude using small‐scale animal models, such as rodents. Reported adaptive responses a result lower due to softer diet include decreased muscle development,...

ABSTRACT Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture is a common injury often necessitating surgical treatment with graft reconstruction. Due to limitations associated current options, there interest in tissue‐engineered substitute for use ACL regeneration. While they represent an important step translation clinical practice, relatively few vivo studies have been performed evaluate grafts. In the present study, we immobilized heparin onto electrospun polycaprolactone scaffolds as means of...

Background: The Hirsch index (h-index) quantifies research publication productivity for an individual, and has widely been considered a valuable measure of academic influence. In 2010, the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (PPSA) was introduced as way to increase transparency regarding U.S. physician-industry relationships. purpose this study investigate relationship between industry payments influence measured by h-index number publications among orthopaedic surgeons. We also examined...

Outpatient arthroplasty is an appealing option among select patient populations as a mechanism for reducing health care expenditure. The purpose of this study was to determine the nationwide trends and complication profile outpatient total shoulder (TSA). authors reviewed national administrative claims database identify patients undergoing TSA outpatients inpatients from 2007 2016. incidence perioperative surgical medical complications determined by querying relevant International...

Introduction Lower gastrointestinal bleeds (LGIB) are defined by having a bleeding point in the tract beyond ligament of Treitz. The most common causes include diverticular bleeds, tumours, and colitis. There no National Institute for Health Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines regarding safe discharge patients with LGIB. aim this study was to investigate effectiveness safety Oakland score, as suggested British Society Gastroenterology (BSG) guidelines, presenting LGIB at William Harvey...

Background: The decision whether to treat benign skeletal lesions surgically can be difficult make. purpose of this study was validate our previously published method predicting fracture risk with use quantitative computed tomography-based structural analysis. Methods: We prospectively studied a group children who presented major children's hospital appendicular lesion between 2002 and 2007. As in previous study, the resistance affected bone compressive, bending, torsional loads calculated...

Background Revision shoulder arthroplasty has become increasingly common as primary more widespread. Questions/Purposes We sought to answer two questions: What are the risks factors for revision arthroplasty? complications associated with Methods A retrospective search of a national insurance database from years 2013 2016 was undertaken billing codes patients undergoing arthroplasty. The odds ratios various patient demographic characteristics and comorbidities were determined. incidences...