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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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Pioglitazone plus (−)‐epigallocatechin gallate: a novel approach to enhance osteogenic performance in aged bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Aged human bmMSCs are seeded in the scaffold. Osteoblastic induction can slightly increase cell's bone‐forming activity to produce bone‐like tissues, shown as the sporadic xylenol orange‐stained spots (the lower left image). Notably, pioglitazone plus EGCG co‐treatment dramatically increases cell's bone‐forming activity and bone‐like tissue production (
Ching‐Yun Chen, Jia‐Ci Jhang, Chun‐Yi Peng, Quốc Cường Nguyễn, Feng‐Huei Lin, Hung‐Ming Wu, Shankung Lin   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Hospital Readmission After Traumatic Brain Injury Hospitalization in Community‐Dwelling Older Adults

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To examine the risk of hospital readmission after an index hospitalization for TBI in older adults. Methods Using data from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study, we used propensity score matching of individuals with an index TBI‐related hospitalization to individuals with (1) non‐TBI hospitalizations (primary analysis)
Rachel Thomas, Connor A. Law, Joan A. Casey, Thomas Mosley, Rebecca F. Gottesman, Ramon Diaz‐Arrastia, Holly Elser, Andrea L. C. Schneider   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Lived and Care Experiences of Chronic Musculoskeletal Shoulder Pain in Australian Adults: A Qualitative Study

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Australian evidence on lived and care experiences of chronic musculoskeletal shoulder pain (CMSP), irrespective of disorder classification or disease, is limited. However, such evidence is important for person‐centered care and informing local service pathways and care guidelines or standards.
Sonia Ranelli, Joanne E. Jordan, Ilana N. Ackerman, Alison Thorpe, Jennifer G. Persaud, Linda J. Woodhouse, Jason Chua, Ben Horgan, Andrew M. Briggs   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genetic polymorphism of NOS3 with susceptibility to deep vein thrombosis after orthopedic surgery: a case-control study in Chinese Han population.

PLoS ONE, 2013
Deep vein thrombosis is one of the common complications of orthopedic surgery. Studies indicated that genetic factors played a considerable role in the pathogenesis of deep vein thrombosis.
Jizheng Qin, Jin Dai, Zhihong Xu, Dongyang Chen, Jianghui Qin, Dongquan Shi, Huajian Teng, Qing Jiang   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Intraoperative arthrography favorably impacts the early outcome of operatively managed fractures of the lateral humeral condyle displaced 1–5 mm in children

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 2022
Background Controversy exists surrounding the optimal approach to managing pediatric lateral humeral condyle fractures (LHCF). The difficulty in assessing the articular surface using radiography and the intra-articular element potentially involved make ...
Ali Lari, Ahmad Alenezi, Jarrah Abughaith, Haitham AlShehawy, Wael Hammady, Saleh AlSaifi   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

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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