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Disparity in access to orthopedic surgery between public and private healthcare insurance: a nationwide population-based study

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Background This study aimed to evaluate if access to orthopedic surgery differs by healthcare coverage in a country with a dual healthcare system adjusted by age, sex, and urgent and elective conditions.
María Jesús Lira, Paula Pino, Catalina Vidal, Pamela Mery, Sebastián Irarrázaval, Jaime Cerda, Jorge Vergara   +6 more
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Orthopedic surgery in disaster

Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica
Orthopedic injuries are a common occurrence in disasters. In the aftermath of a disaster, there may be a large number of patients with orthopedic injuries, and the health-care system may be overwhelmed.
Burak Altintas, David L Helfet
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The Value of Bacterial Culture During Clean Orthopedic Surgery a Prospective Study of 1,036 Patients [PDF]

, 2017
Objective: To determine whether bacterial cultures of the wounds of patients undergoing clean orthopedic surgery would help predict infection. Methods: During 1 year, 1,256 cultures were performed for 1,102 patients who underwent clean orthopedic surgery.
Bernard, Louis, Hoffmeyer, Pierre, Lew, Daniel, Monin, Daniel, Rohner, Peter, Sadowski, Christophe, Stern, Richard, Wyssa, Blaise   +7 more
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Validity of a Wearable Digital Insole for Assessing Gait ON and OFF in Parkinson's Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Gait impairment is a distinctive symptom of Parkinson's disease that negatively impact mobility. We assessed the validity of wearable digital insoles against a validated reference gait analysis system for measuring select gait characteristics in patients with Parkinson's disease. Methods A comparative analysis between digital insoles
Deborah A. Hall, Kimberly Kwei, Rolando J. Acosta, Bharatkumar Koyani, Erin Robertson, Pratyush Rai, Roland Barge, Emily Timm, Nicollette L. Purcell, Natasha Desai, Dhanesh Patel, Ana‐Maria Visoiu‐Knapp, Samuel Stuart, Rinol Alaj, Matthew F. Wipperman, Oren Levy, Joan A. O'Keefe   +16 more
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Telling the truth to patients before hip fracture surgery

BMC Medical Ethics
Background Hip fracture repair surgery carries a certain mortality risk, yet evidence suggests that orthopedic surgeons often refrain from discussing this issue with patients prior to surgery.
Rawan Masarwa, Merav Ben Natan, Yaron Berkovich   +2 more
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Physician Referral Patterns to Physical Therapists for Managing Knee Osteoarthritis: A Retrospective Analysis of Electronic Health Records From an Integrated Health System

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective This study aims to describe the frequency and timing of physician referrals to physical therapists (PTs) and other treatments prescribed over 12 months in patients with recent onset of knee osteoarthritis (KOA). The study also aims to identify determinants of early PT referrals.
Samannaaz S. Khoja, Joel M. Stevans, Gustavo J. Almeida, Clair Smith, Janet K. Freburger   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beneficial effects of childhood selective dorsal rhizotomy in adulthood [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) has been used to treat children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP) for over three decades. However, little is known about the outcomes of childhood SDR in adults.
Dobbs, Matthew B, Edwards, Caleb, Liu, Jenny L, Park, T. S, Walter, Deanna M   +4 more
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Preferences for post‐traumatic osteoarthritis prevention strategies in individuals with anterior cruciate ligament injury

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objectives There is growing interest in evaluating new strategies to delay or prevent post‐traumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA) in individuals who have sustained anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. This study sought to determine characteristics of potential treatments that are acceptable to patients with ACL injury.
Kevin Kennedy, Lily Waddell, Adam Easterbrook, Jeffrey N. Katz, Cale Jacobs, Morgan Jones, Faith Selzer, Elena Losina, Liana Fraenkel, Nick Bansback   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Controlling 3D Contractility via Engineered Fibrous Hydrogel Composites

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A tunable composite contractile assembly (CCA) is developed that can permit or resist contraction without changing cell‐adhesion and density, unlike collagen whose inherent coupling of these ECM cues limits its use as a platform in contractility studies.
Karen L. Xu, Yuqi Zhang, Alysse DeFoe, Georgios Kotsaris, Brendan Stoeckl, Matthew D. Davidson, Jason A. Burdick, Robert L. Mauck   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Anesthesia and perioperative medicine in orthopedic surgery [PDF]

Serbian Journal of Anesthesia and Intensive Therapy, 2019
Ay anesthesia for orthopedic surgery is challenging for anesthesiologist from the patient's perspective, the type of surgery as well as the patient's position during the surgery.
Srećković Svetlana, Milovanović Darko, Stojimanovska Nada, Ostojić Marija, Lađević Nebojša, Lađević Nikola   +5 more
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