Hindfoot nailing for displaced ankle fractures in the elderly: A case-control analysis.

Introduction: Management of fragility ankle fractures in the elderly poses a surgical dilemma. An alternative to open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) with screw and plate construct in selected elderly patients who may be significantly frail and comorbid is a tibio-talo-calcaneal (TTC) or hindfoot nail. Hindfoot nailing potentially reduces the risk of wound infection and increases likelihood of earlier return to function by allowing earlier weightbearing.

Early Reduction in C-Reactive Protein Following Treatment for Spinal Epidural Abscess: A Potential Treatment Guide.

Study Design: Retrospective Cohort Study.

Objective: To assess the predictive value of early C-reactive protein (CRP) trends following diagnosis of spinal epidural abscess (SEA). Non-operative management with intravenous antibiotics has not demonstrated equivalent outcomes with regard to mortality and morbidity.

Benchmarking Performance in Pancreatic Surgery: a Systematic Review of Published Quality Metrics.

Background: Pancreatic surgery is performed in relatively few centres. There are validated quality benchmarks for pancreatic surgery, although it remains unclear how published benchmarks compare with each other. This study aimed to systematically review published literature to summarise metrics that define quality benchmarks for pancreatic surgery.