Michael L. Raffetto

ORCID: 0000-0002-8864-0429
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Research Areas
  • Bone fractures and treatments
  • Hip and Femur Fractures
  • Healthcare Systems and Technology
  • Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques
  • Emergency and Acute Care Studies
  • Radiation Dose and Imaging
  • Radiology practices and education
  • Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
  • Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
  • Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
  • Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes
  • Social Media in Health Education
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
  • Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management

Stryker (Switzerland)
2024

Community Options (United States)
2024

University of Maryland, Baltimore
2024

Zimmer (Switzerland)
2024

Smith & Nephew (Switzerland)
2024

Smith & Nephew (United States)
2024

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
2024

National Institutes of Health
2024

University of Kentucky
2020-2022

St. Joseph's Hospital
2019

Objectives: To determine the reliability of self-reported smoking status in orthopaedic trauma population and if certain patient factors might predispose inaccurate cessation. Design: Prospective. Setting: Level I center. Patients: Two hundred forty-seven patients were included study. Intervention: In-office measurement exhaled carbon monoxide (CO). Main Outcome Measurements: Self-reported cessation with CO measurements. Results: A total 906 surveys completed over 4 follow-up visits. Of...

10.1097/bot.0000000000002008 article EN Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma 2020-11-21

Abstract Purpose: To identify factors associated with delays in administration and pharmacy nursing preparation of antibiotics for patients open fractures. Design: Retrospective review. Setting: Level I trauma center. Patients: Nine hundred sixty-three adults fractures administered antibiotics. Main Outcome Measurements: Delay antibiotic greater than 66 minutes from arrival significant pharmacy-related nursing-related delay. Results: Isolated injury, Charlson Comorbidity Index, transfer...

10.1097/oi9.0000000000000300 article EN cc-by-nc-nd OTA International The Open Access Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma 2024-03-27

OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to assess the relationship between postoperative alignment and nonunion in patients with tibial shaft fractures treated intramedullary nailing. METHODS: Design : Retrospective case-control study. Setting: Single academic trauma center. Patients Selection Criteria: Adult closed or open (42A-C) nailing from 2007 2018. Outcomes Measures Comparisons: Case were compared control radiographic evidence of healing terms measured coronal sagittal planes. RESULTS: Of 192...

10.1097/bot.0000000000002932 article EN Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma 2024-11-12

Instrument choices are influenced primarily by a surgeon's training and individual preference. Cost is often of secondary interest, particularly in the absence any contracted fiscal obligation to hospital. The purpose this study was evaluate how simple intervention involving dissemination cost data among surgeon peer group behavior with respect surgical instrument choice. for laparoscopic appendectomies between July-December 2016 were disseminated surgeons belonging same department teaching...

10.1177/000313481908501238 article EN The American Surgeon 2019-12-01
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