The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between economic activity and the incidence of high-energy orthopedic trauma. California's Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development patient discharge database was queried to identify monthly orthopedic trauma incidence from 1995 to 2010. Patient inclusion required 1 diagnosis code and 1 associated procedural code for fracture...

Bone is a dense, mineral-rich tissue with organic components. Implants such as plates and nails are used to reconstruct fractures. In orthopedic surgery, broad-spectrum of drills ranges from pneumatic battery-operated electric drills. Each drill has its own set benefits drawbacks. Though the standard care, battery drill, costly, expense maintenance too high. Orthopedic surgeons frequently emplo...

The decision to perform computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) to rule out pulmonary embolism (PE) in orthopedic trauma patients is challenging. The Wells score is a commonly used clinical probability tool developed to determine the likelihood of PE and assist in determining the need for CTPA examination. This study evaluated the usefulness of the Wells score for predicting PE in pati...

We hypothesized that less malalignment and complications occur with intramedullary nailing of distal third tibia fractures (42A, B, C) after the implementation of orthopedic trauma surgeons to this level II community hospital. We also hypothesized that patients with < or =5 degrees of malalignment have poorer function as measured by the MODEMS functional outcome scale. Two cohorts of distal thi...

The Johns Hopkins Hospital is a nonprofit academic medical center in Baltimore, MD, and part of the Johns Hopkins University. Founded in 1889, it is a large global health enterprise that operates six academic and community hospitals, four suburban healthcare and surgery centers, and 39 primary and specialty care outpatient sites. Zayed 11 East, the focal point of the initiative described here, ...

Introduction. Isolated jejunal perforation (IJP) without any associated injuries is rare in blunt abdominal trauma (BAT). It most commonly occurs decelerating trauma. Diagnosis of traumatic intestinal may be difficult the first hours after injury so unrecognized ?missing? incidences are as high 24%. Unrecognized bowel adequate treatment leads to leakage into peritoneal cavity, leading secondary...

Affiliations: 1. Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Clinic of Surgery, Ernst Moritz Arndt University, Sauerbruchstrasse, 17489 Greifswald, Germany; 2. Clinic of Dermatology, Ernst Moritz Arndt University, Sauerbruchstrasse, 17489 Greifswald, Germany; 3. Emergency Hospital Berlin (ukb), Warener Straße 7, 12683 Berlin, Germany Address correspondence to Georg Daeschlein, MD, Clinic of De...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Population data on mortality and life expectancy are generally available for most countries. However, no longitudinal data based on the health-related quality of life outcome from the EQ-5D instrument have been reported for orthopedic patients. We assessed the effect of orthopedic surgery as measured by EQ-5D. METHODS We analyzed EQ-5D data from 2,444 patients who were ...