Background: In 2020, the American Council of Academic Plastic Surgeons and Association Medical Colleges recommended residency programs suspend away rotations in-person interviews. This study quantifies applicant costs potential savings in application process resulting from that change, while also evaluating differences cost with respect to geographic region applicant. Methods: A retrospective evaluation 2019–2020 Texas STAR (Seeking Transparency Application Residency) database was conducted....

Study Design. Retrospective Case-Control Objectives. The objectives were to determine whether patients from poor social determinants of health (SDOH), undergoing primary 1-2 level lumbar fusion (1-2LF), demonstrate differences in: 1) medical complications; 2) emergency department (ED) utilizations; 3) readmission rates; and 4) costs care. Summary.of Background Data. Measures socioeconomic disadvantage may enable improved targeting prevention potentially increased healthcare utilization. Area...

Abstract Background Social determinants of health (SDOH) may influence hand surgery outcomes. The Area Deprivation Index (ADI) is a validated and weighted index comprised 17 census-based markers material deprivation poverty. Questions/Purpose purpose was to determine whether patients with high ADI (greater disadvantage) undergoing open reduction internal fixation (ORIF) for distal radius fractures (DRF) were associated differences in: (1) medical complications, (2) emergency department (ED)...

Introduction: Smartphone applications and wearable devices have shown promising outcomes to augment in-person postoperative total knee arthroplasty rehabilitation. Advantages of these technologies include patient-specific, real-time feedback motivation which can be integrated into newer rehabilitation protocols. These utilized in the home setting with patient directed therapy. Methods: This brief narrative review discusses current utilization smartphone sensors for period following...

Smart knee implants integrate advanced sensor-based technologies, forming a unique technology-embedded total arthroplasty (TKA) implant. Such introduce the ability to capture new elements of patient-related data for use in context recovery real time including subjective reported outcomes and objective related range motion, gait parameters. This technology allows real-time patient-specific insights, creating opportunities optimize post-operative care. brief narrative review discusses...

Abstract Introduction As a result of the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic in 2020, elective surgeries, including total joint arthroplasty (TJA), were suspended nationwide. Concurrent removal hip (THA) from Medicare inpatient-only list posed challenges to delivery quality patient care with low payor cost. Therefore, objective this study was compare temporal trends demographics, case volumes, length stay, and complications following THA years 2019 2020 United States. Methods The ACS-NSQIP...

Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) has become one of the most popular biologic treatments in orthopedic surgery. Despite this, its utilization over last decade not been investigated.

Abstract Background Orthopaedic surgery is one of the most competitive specialties for residency applicants. For 2021 match, coronavirus-19 pandemic introduced complexity programs and applicants because away rotations were limited in-person interviews cancelled. This may have changed landscape in terms expenses candidates important ways, but this topic has been insufficiently studied. Questions/purposes Given that 2021, students did not attend all held virtually, we asked (1) What financial...

Retrospective case-control study.The purpose of this study is to assess whether cannabis use disorder (CUD) patients undergoing primary 1- 2-level lumbar fusion (1-2LF) for the treatment degenerative spine disorders have higher rates of: (1) in-hospital lengths stay (LOS), (2) medical complications, and (3) healthcare expenditures.A retrospective MSpine dataset PearlDiver claims from January 2007 March 2018 was performed. Patients with CUD 1-2LF were queried matched a comparison group in 1:5...

Introduction: Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is one of the highest volume elective procedures done nationwide. Elective surgery was suspended because COVID-19 pandemic. The utilization trends, comparison patient demographics, and postoperative outcomes in 2020 have yet to be evaluated substantially. We compared temporal trends procedural volume, complications TKA 2019 2020. Methods: Using a multicenter, nationwide representative sample, retrospective query American College Surgeon's National...

Frailty, quantified using the 5-item modified frailty index (mFI-5), has been shown to predict adverse outcomes in orthopaedic surgery. The utility total elbow arthroplasty (TEA) patients is unclear. We evaluated if increasing would correlate with worse postoperative outcomes.