A5036481885- Shoulder Injury and Treatment
- Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
- Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment
- Hip disorders and treatments
- Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries
- Traffic and Road Safety
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
- Gun Ownership and Violence Research
- Bone health and osteoporosis research
- Peripheral Nerve Disorders
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Foot and Ankle Surgery
- Health and Medical Research Impacts
- Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries
- Anesthesia and Pain Management
- Hip and Femur Fractures
- Medical Education and Admissions
- Medical Imaging and Analysis
- Diversity and Career in Medicine
Medical University of South Carolina
2021-2024
University of Minnesota
2015-2018
Dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) remains the most common mode of bone mineral density (BMD) evaluation. In adults, presence a lumbar spine (LS) BMD T-score discrepancy (>1 SD difference between adjacent vertebrae) can indicate vertebral fracture. children, however, clinical significance such discrepancies is unknown. We conducted retrospective study to evaluate association LS DXA and morphology elucidate an Z-score discrepancy. identified 360 scans performed September 2014 May 2016 in...
Case: A 13-year-old male patient sustained a posterior transphyseal hip fracture-dislocation while playing football. surgical dislocation with trochanteric flip osteotomy, as described by Ganz and colleagues, was performed. Drilling of the dislocated epiphysis demonstrated no blood flow. Transepiphyseal fracture fixation screws Two years after injury, had evidence osteonecrosis or functional limitations. Conclusion: Traumatic transepiphyseal fracture-dislocations are rare injuries that...
Objectives State laws dictate firework access in the USA, and association between state paediatric injuries has not been investigated. We hypothesise that states with fewer restrictions will have a higher incidence of injuries. Methods A retrospective review (2012–2020) patients who sustained fireworks-related injury was conducted using Pediatric Health Information System. Inclusion criteria were age less than 18 years International Classification Diseases code for injury. States classified...
Orthopaedic surgery remains a male-dominated specialty. To date there has not been focused analysis of gender in authorship within the pediatric orthopaedic literature.The electronic table contents from 2011 to 2020 3 major journals [Journal Children's Orthopaedics (JCO), Journal Pediatric (JPO), and Part B (JPO-B)] were reviewed. Publications reviewed for number articles with at least 1 female author women listed as first authors. These compared over 10-year study period, by individual year...
fracture type, or percent female (Table 1).The average total pain scores were 6.2 in the opioid group and 3.3 non-opioid (p=0.03).For both groups, highest on day of surgery lowest postoperative 4.The had higher 4 when compared with these results statistically significant (p=0.04).The difference acetaminophen ibuprofen use between two study groups was not significant.Discussion: Our demonstrate that 62% our patient cohort managed their control medication.When group, lower overall scores.These...
A 13-year-old obese boy presented with an acute-on-chronic unstable left slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE). He underwent in situ surgical fixation two 6.5-mm fully threaded cannulated screws. At 6 months, he mechanical failure of both screw removal, revision fixation, a peritrochanteric flexion and internal rotational osteotomy, open femoroplasty. The osteotomy healed at weeks. physis took additional year to close. This case highlights uncommon complication pinning SCFE, discusses...