Nonoperative Management of Olecranon Fractures in Elderly Patients: A Systematic Review.

Background: Despite increased utilization of conservative measures for displaced olecranon fractures in elderly patients, in whom operative fixation may be complicated by coexisting comorbidities and declining bone quality, the noninferiority of nonoperative management has yet to be proven. The purpose of this study was to review nonoperative management of displaced olecranon fractures in the elderly patient population.

Methods: A literature search of the PubMed database was performed using the term .

The MBSAQIP is going viral! 194 hits and still going strong.

Background: The Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP) first released its Participant Use Data File in 2015. Since then, surgeons have eagerly evaluated data now available on >750,000 patients, and a yearly increase in the number of publications using the Participant Use File was anticipated.

Objective: To evaluate the impact of the MBSAQIP in surgical literature.

How many sleeve gastrectomies are done at nonaccredited centers in Texas?

Background: The American College of Surgeons created the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP) to improve the safety of surgery and track outcomes of patients undergoing metabolic and bariatric surgery. The MBSAQIP captures all surgical procedures performed at accredited centers (AC) but not all metabolic and bariatric surgery cases performed in the United States. Texas has a large statewide administrative database that tracks nearly all surgical procedures performed in the state and we proposed using this database to assess the number of sleeve gastrectomies (SG) and whether they were performed at an AC or not.