by Russell Russo, MD; Noah Marks, MD; Katy Morris, MD; Heather King, MD; Angelle Gelvin, MD; Ronald Rooney, MD DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20111122-36 Abstract Necrotizing fasciitis is an orthopedic emergency. The ability to quickly and accurately diagnose this rapidly spreading disease can save a patient’s life and limb. However, the diagnosis is …
VIENNA — After the orthopedic department at Imakiire General Hospital in Japan introduced a simple nutritional program for their elderly patients undergoing spine surgery in 2006, they saw a marked drop in rates of surgical site infections in that group. The program included checking dental hygiene and overall nutrition prior to surgery …
The potential for surgical site infections and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus remain at the forefront of surgeons’ minds. While some European orthopaedists note a steady rate of surgical site infections and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in their respective countries, others cite these conditions as growing problems and highlight an upward trend in the rates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermis cases being seen. …
By Nicholas McArthur, MD; Christian Kasperk, MD; Martin Baier, MD; Michael Tanner, MD; Bernd Gritzbach, MD; Oliver Schoierer, MD; Wolfram Rothfischer, MD; Gerhard Krohmer, MD; Jochen Hillmeier, MD; Hans-Jürgen Kock, MD; Peter Jürgen Meeder, MD; Franz-Xaver Huber, MD ORTHOPEDICS 2009; 32:90 Abstract In our cohort of 555 patients with a total of 1150 vertebral fractures treated with kyphoplasty we performed a 30-day postoperative …
By Krishna Tripuraneni, MD; Sarat Ganga, MD; Robert Quinn, MD; Rick Gehlert, MD ORTHOPEDICS 2008; 31:1195 Historical practices have advocated emergent operative debridement for all open fractures. To date only studies in guinea pigs have demonstrated decreased infection with surgical intervention within 6 hours of injury. Recent studies have questioned this practice in humans. The …