Publications by authors named "Alexandra G Otwell"
Article Synopsis
- Patients recovering from lower extremity fractures have an increased risk of chronic opioid use, with certain fracture types showing higher percentages of users post-surgery.
- A meta-analysis reviewed 732 articles, and after applying selection criteria, 9 studies were analyzed to assess opioid use six months after surgery.
- Bicondylar and unicondylar tibial-plateau fractures had the highest rates of chronic opioid use (29.7-35.2%), while opioid-naive patients showed significantly lower usage rates compared to those with prior opioid use.
Background: Knee pain can be a common complaint during pregnancy; however, the severity of symptoms and their associated risk factors have not been described.
Questions/purposes: The aim of this study was to characterize knee-related dysfunction and describe risk factors in a general obstetric population.
Patients And Methods: Patients in obstetric clinics completed the International Knee Documentation Committee (IKDC) questionnaire to assess their knee function, as well as the Pregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire (PPAQ), a validated tool to assess physical activity.