Routine early post-operative X-ray following internal fixation of intertrochanteric femoral fractures is unjustified: a quality improvement study.

Background: There is no consensus regarding the proper radiographic protocol following closed or open reduction and internal fixation for intertrochanteric femoral fractures. The objective of this study was to assess the role of early postoperative imaging studies when deciding about weight bear limitations and reoperations.

Methods: A prospective cohort study of 100 patients (26 men and 74 women, at a mean age of 79.

Lower Extremity Kinematic Profile of Gait of Patients After Ankle Fracture: A Case-Control Study.

The present study examined the differences in the lower extremity gait kinematic profile of patients recovering from ankle fracture compared with healthy controls. In addition, we inquired whether the profile would differ among fracture severity groups. A total of 48 patients participated in the present prospective, case-control study.

Pulmonary Embolism After Application of a Sterile Elastic Exsanguination Tourniquet.

Sterile elastic exsanguination tourniquets (HemaClear; OHK Medical Devices, Haifa, Israel) are relatively new on the market but are widely used because of the ease and speed of their application. The sterile elastic exsanguination tourniquet consists of a silicon ring wrapped in a stockinet sleeve with pull straps. The physician places the ring on the patient's fingers or toes and then pulls the straps proximally.

Clinical outcomes following ankle fracture: a cross-sectional observational study.

Background: The purpose of the current study was to examine objective and subjective differences between three severity groups of ankle fractures patients compared to healthy controls.

Methods: This was a case-controlled study. 92 patients with an ankle fracture injury of which 41 patients were eligible to participate in the study.

Does the combination of a simultaneous subcapital fracture of humerus and hip fracture in elderly patients carry a prognostic value?

The most important factor to cause hip fractures in elderly is probably osteoporosis. Other factors are the increase in fall frequency and the protective response to trauma. Osteoporotic fractures occur most commonly, at the hip, vertebra, distal radius and proximal humerus.

The second hip fracture--an analysis of 84 elderly patients.

Objectives: Evaluation of patients with a second hip fracture, which means a fracture of the contralateral hip.

Design: Retrospective database analysis.

Settings: Academic teaching hospital.

Functional results after patellar fractures in elderly patients.

Elderly patients tend to fracture the patella because of a simple fall. In this group of patients restoration of primary functional level is crucial. Sixty-eight patients more than 65 years of age with patellar fractures, who were treated in our institution between January 1990 and December 1999 were evaluated.