Bridging the gaps in secondary fracture prevention at a single center in Pakistan-compliance with the IOF best practice framework.

Purpose: The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) formulated a set of best practice framework as an international benchmark for secondary fracture prevention (SFP) and fracture liaison services (FLS), delineating essential elements of service delivery. The aim of this audit was to assess compliance with the IOF standards for patients ≥ 50 years presenting with fragility hip fractures at a tertiary care center in Pakistan.

Methods: A retrospective sample of hip fracture cases from Jan 2019 to Dec 2019, treated at the section of Orthopedic Surgery, Aga Khan University, Karachi, was conducted.

Intraoperative hypothermia in patients undergoing Total knee arthroplasty: a cross-sectional study from a developing country.

Background: Intraoperative hypothermia is associated with various risk factors, morbidity, and mortality in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA), increasing the emotional and financial burden on patients. This study aimed to identify risk factors of intraoperative hypothermia in patients undergoing TKA.

Materials And Methods: All adult patients (⩾18 years) who underwent TKA from January 2016 to December 2017 at a tertiary-care hospital in Pakistan were included in this retrospective, cross-sectional study.

Covid-19 pandemic: Economic burden on patients with musculoskeletal injuries in a tertiary care hospital of LMIC; retrospective cross sectional study.

Unlabelled: Covid-19 has adversely impacted the health care organizations by over burdening with Covid patients and suspending the elective surgeries and clinics. Hospitalization during pandemic may increase health cost of patients for elective and emergency procedure due to extra cost of covid testing and isolation. A single center retrospective study was conducted to quantify losses due to postponement of elective surgeries and extra cost for procurement of PPEs.

Mobile phones in the orthopedic operating room: Microbial colonization and antimicrobial resistance.

Background: Surgical site infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality following orthopedic surgery. Recent efforts to identify sources of contamination in the operating rooms have implicated mobile phones.

Aim: To investigate microbial colonization on the mobile phones of health care professionals in the orthopedic operating room.

Osteoid osteoma: Contemporary management.

Osteoid osteoma is a benign bone-forming tumor with hallmark of tumor cells directly forming mature bone. Osteoid osteoma accounts for around 5% of all bone tumors and 11% of benign bone tumors with a male predilection. It occurs predominantly in long bones of the appendicular skeleton.

Relationship Between Staphylococcus aureus Carriage and Surgical Site Infections Following Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty in the South Asian Population: Protocol for a Prospective Cohort Study.

Background: Surgical site infections following total hip or knee arthroplasties have a reported rate of 0.49%-2.5% and can cause significant morbidity as well as tripling the cost of health care expenses.