Study suggests that surgeons, health care personnel in fracture clinics should consider intimate partner violence when interacting with injured women Introduction For much of my career, I never included domestic violence in my differential as the cause of the musculoskeletal injuries I was treating. I always accepted what the patient …
by Krishna R. Tripuraneni, MD; Steven T. Woolson, MD; Nicholas J. Giori, MD, PhD DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20110124-11 Abstract Numerous postoperative pain protocols exist for patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA). We compared the length of stay, early range of motion (ROM), and pain scores of a control group with a femoral …
by Keith S. Hechtman, MD; John W. Uribe, MD; Angie Botto-vanDemden, PhD; Gary M. Kiebzak, PhD Abstract Thirty patients (31 elbows) with epicondylitis unresponsive to nonsurgical treatment (including steroid injection) for >6 months received a single treatment of platelet-rich plasma injected with a peppering technique. Patients were followed using a …
This decade saw the introduction of fast-track programs — streamlined perioperative practices — in many areas of specialty surgery. Members of the European orthopaedic community told Orthopaedics Today Europe that Henrik Kehlet, MD, who has worked with the Danish government to implement accelerated surgical tracks in various specialties, is considered the “father” of fast-track …
by Xi-gong Li, PhD, MD; Tian-si Tang, MD; Zhong-lai Qian, PhD, MD; Li-xin Huang, PhD, MD; Wen-ming Pan, PhD, MD; Ruo-fu Zhu, PhD, MD This article has been retracted. Abstract A prospective randomized study was performed to compare the clinical and radiological results of primary total knee arthroplasties (TKAs) …
VIENNA – With few thrombotic events being reported in the literature following spine surgery, Austrian investigators found some benefits to postoperative administration of a low-molecular-weight-heparin subcutaneously the night after spine surgery and up to 4 weeks afterward in their prospective 150-patient controlled cohort study. During the 2010 Annual Congress of the Spine …
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 …
by Laura W. Bancroft, MD; Robert B. Anderson, MD The Case: A 19-year-old football quarterback was tackled, felt a pop in the plantar aspect of his great toe, and experienced significant pain. He immediately could not bear weight or walk, and subsequently developed ecchymosis about the great toe and medial …
by Timothy Miller, MD; Jeff Feinblatt, MD; John Craw; Alan Litsky, MD, ScD; David Flanigan, MD Abstract The goal of this study was to determine whether a difference in cycles to failure or mode of failure would be observed among specimens of 3 high-strength suture materials, and whether different suture …
Retraction: Comparison of the Mini-Midvastus With the Mini-Medial Parapatellar Approach in Primary TKA
Notice of Retraction: Incorrect Data in “Comparison of the Mini-Midvastus With the Mini-Medial Parapatellar Approach in Primary TKA” (Orthopedics. 2010; 33[10]. http://www.orthosupersite.com/view.aspx?rid=70287 ) To the Editor.—We write to retract the article, “Comparison of the Mini-Midvastus With the Mini-Medial Parapatellar Approach in Primary TKA,”1 published in the October 2010 issue of Orthopedics. Although the …