COVID-19 hip fracture outcomes: The role of Ct values and D-dimer levels?

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused high mortality rates in hip fracture patients, but data for Asian patients are lacking. Whilst Cycle threshold (Ct) values and D-dimer have been reported as predictors of mortality in COVID-19 patients, their prognostic roles in those with concomitant hip fracture remain unknown. The objectives of this study were to i) assess the clinical outcomes of COVID-19 hip fractures patients in the Chinese population, ii) identify risk factors of mortality and complications, and iii) determine the prognostic roles of Ct values and D-dimer levels.

Modified Endoscopic Distal Soft Tissue Procedure With Medial Metatarsosesamoid Ligament and Intermetatarsal Ligament Augmentation.

Hallux valgus is one of the most common foot and ankle conditions faced by orthopaedic surgeons. Surgical correction of hallux valgus is frequently indicated for symptomatic deformity. Recently, the endoscopic technique of hallux valgus correction has been reported, which is basically an endoscopic approach to the classic distal soft tissue procedure.

Arthroscopic Treatment of Bone Cyst of Anterior Half of the Talar Body.

Large talar bone cyst can cause pathologic fracture and damage to the articular cartilage, resulting in persistent swelling and pain of the subtalar joint and ankle joint. For a symptomatic cyst not responding to conservative treatment, surgery can be considered. Open debridement and bone grafting frequently require extensive soft-tissue dissection or even different types of malleolar osteotomy for proper access to the lesion.

Comorbidities, mortality, and management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients who required admissions to public hospitals in Hong Kong - computerized data collection and analysis.

Background: COPD is a common cause for hospital admission. Conventional studies of the epidemiology of COPD involved large patient number and immense resources and were difficult to be repeated. The present study aimed at assessing the utilization of a computerized data management system in the collection and analysis of the epidemiological and clinical data of a large COPD cohort in Hong Kong (HK).

CC16 levels correlate with cigarette smoke exposure in bronchial epithelial cells and with lung function decline in smokers.

Background: Club cell protein-16 (CC16) expression has been associated with smoking-related lung function decline. The study hypothesis was that CC16 expression in both serum and bronchial epithelium is associated with lung function decline in smokers, and exposure to cigarette smoke will lead to reduction in CC16 expression in bronchial epithelial cells.

Methods: In a cohort of community-based male Chinese subjects recruited for lung function test in 2000, we reassessed their lung function ten years later and measured serum levels of CC16.

The burden of lung disease in Hong Kong: a report from the Hong Kong Thoracic Society.

Background And Objective: The burden of lung disease in Hong Kong is not known. This study determined the mortality and hospitalization rates of respiratory diseases in Hong Kong in 2005, their trend in the past decade and their incidence/prevalence.

Methods: Mortality data were obtained from the Department of Health and hospitalization data from the Hospital Authority, Hong Kong.