Bicondylar Tibial Plateau Fractures: What Predicts Infection?

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to identify the patient, injury, and treatment factors associated with infection of bicondylar plateau fractures and to evaluate whether center variation exists.

Design: Retrospective review.

Setting: Eighteen academic trauma centers.

Correlation of Appointment Times and Subspecialty With the No-Show Rates in an Orthopedic Ambulatory Clinic.

Unexpectedly missed appointments ("no-shows") cause clinic inefficiency, lost time and revenue, wasted healthcare resources, and provider dissatisfaction. No-shows can be associated with miscommunication, transportation difficulties, employment status, age, race, and socioeconomic status. This study investigates the association between no-show rates and patient, appointment time, and provider characteristics.

Extradigital Glomus Tumor with Atypical Neuritis Presentation.

Glomus tumors are rare tumors of the arteriovenous junction that play a role in temperature regulation. They are most commonly found in the subungual finger. We present the case of a 77-year-old female with a chief complaint of a painful mass in her ulnar wrist.

Morton's Neuroma Excision: What Are We Really Doing? Which Retractor Is Superior?

Background: When using a dorsal approach for Morton's neuroma excision, the most common complication is recurrent Morton's neuroma. The present cadaveric study demonstrates how far proximally the nerve is resected during a dorsal approach and examines both the laminar spreader and Gelpiretractor to determine which instrument facilitates maximal proximal resection of the nerve.

Methods: This study involved 12 fresh-frozen cadaver specimens, each of which underwent a dorsal approach to the interdigital nerve with proximal resection.

Defining variation in urinary oxalate in hyperoxaluric stone formers.

Background And Purpose: The development of effective preventive therapy for renal calculi in patients with secondary hyperoxaluria (2°HO) relies on establishing the pattern of normal variation in urinary oxalate (uOx) and attempting to reduce it. Therefore, we evaluated uOx at baseline and at subsequent time points in stone formers with 2°HO.

Methods: We reviewed the charts of 201 recurrent stone formers with 2°HO (uOx ≥ 40 mg/day).

Laparoendoscopic single-site nephrectomy compared with conventional laparoscopic nephrectomy: a 5-year, single-surgeon experience.

Background: Conventional laparoscopic nephrectomy (LN) is the gold standard approach for nephrectomy. An advance in minimally invasive nephrectomy is laparoendoscopic single-site nephrectomy (LESS-N).

Objective: To compare 5-yr experience and outcomes of LESS-N to LN.