Publications by authors named "A Spiguel"
Background: Prior work has demonstrated that telemedicine in orthopedic surgery is cost-effective and can yield good clinical outcomes with high patient satisfaction. However, few studies have investigated the use of telemedicine in orthopedic oncology. In this study, we assessed the effect of telemedicine on (1) potential cost savings for orthopedic oncologic patients and (2) clinical outcomes as measured by unexpected in-person clinic visits and missed complications.
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- There is ongoing uncertainty about what makes a competitive applicant for orthopaedic surgery residency, so researchers analyzed data from 2020 to 2023 to identify crucial traits and metrics.
- Factors such as standardized exam scores, research experience, and extracurricular involvement were examined alongside subjective comments from applicants to determine their importance in the matching process.
- The study found that top-performing applicants, particularly those in the first quartile of their class and with high board exam scores, were significantly more likely to match, highlighting the value of both quantifiable metrics and personal attributes in residency applications.
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- * The Birmingham Orthopaedic Oncology Meeting in January 2024 gathered 300 experts from over 50 countries to reach global consensus on chondrosarcoma treatment and address challenges related to periprosthetic joint infection in cancer surgeries.
- * The meeting aimed to not only resolve current controversies but also to encourage collaboration among specialists for future research that could improve patient outcomes worldwide.
Introduction: Previous studies have highlighted the association between insurance status and poor outcomes after surgical treatment of sarcomas in the United States.1-3 It is unclear how much of this disparity is mediated by confounding factors such as medical comorbidities and socioeconomic status and how much can be explained by barriers to care caused by insurance status.
Methods: Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-Medicare linkage data were procured for 7,056 patients undergoing treatment for bone and soft-tissue sarcomas in the extremities diagnosed between 2006 and 2013.
Background: Surgical wound-healing complications after tumor resections in tissue that has been preoperatively radiated are a major clinical problem. Most studies have reported that complications occur in more than 30% of patients undergoing such resections in the lower extremity. There is currently no available method to predict which patients are likely to have a complication.
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