Recognition of advanced level practice against multiprofessional capabilities: Experiences of the first radiography applicants.

Introduction: Advanced practice is well established in the health professions with multiprofessional capabilities in place in England. To recognise achievement of these capabilities an ePortfolio (supported) route was initiated in 2022. This study aimed to review the demographics and experiences of radiographers applying for recognition in the first year of operation.

Incidental dural tears during pediatric posterior spinal fusions.

Purpose: To characterize the frequency of incidental dural tears in pediatric spine surgery, their treatment, complications, and results of long-term follow-up.

Methods: A retrospective review of all pediatric patients who underwent a posterior spinal fusion (PSF) between 2004-2019 at a tertiary children's hospital was conducted. Electronic medical records were reviewed for patient demographics, intra-operative data, presence of an incidental dural tear, repair method, and patient outcomes.

Intractable Aspiration Treated With Laryngectomy After SLAD-R Surgery: A Case Report.

A variety of surgical treatment options exist for adductor spasmodic dysphonia (ADSD) with selective adductor recurrent laryngeal nerve denervation and reinnervation (SLAD-R) being one of the more popular. We present a case of bilateral vocal fold paralysis (BVFP) for SLAD-R resulting in the need for total laryngectomy. We suggest BVFP is more common than reported and that we all must insure optimal long term follow up of our surgical patients.

Physical activity and mental health in individuals with multimorbidity during COVID-19: an explanatory sequential mixed-method study.

Objective: To understand the physical activity and mental health of individuals living with long-term conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design: A sequential explanatory mixed-methods study with two phases: phase 1: quantitative survey and phase 2: qualitative follow-up interviews.

Setting: For the quantitative phase, an online survey was launched in March 2021, using Microsoft Forms.

Correction: Physical activity and mental health experiences of people living with long term conditions during COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study.

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Esophageal Liposarcoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Liposarcomas are extremely rare occurrences in the esophagus. Here, we present an unusual case of esophageal liposarcoma that contributed to a long history of dysphagia before a definitive diagnosis was reached. The case is that of a 61-year-old woman who complained of dysphagia and foreign body sensation in her throat and was found to have a large filling defect within the cervical esophagus on barium esophagogram.

Physical activity and mental health experiences of people living with long term conditions during COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study.

Introduction: Regular physical activity is a strategy that is effective in the physical management of long term conditions. The COVID-19 pandemic, led to disruption of physical activity routines for many people with long term conditions. It is important, to understand the experiences of people with long term conditions regarding physical activity during COVID-19 to enable future identification of strategies to mitigate the impact of restrictions on health.

Off-Season Arthroscopic Partial Meniscectomy in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Players Has a Longer Return to Sport Time than In-Season Surgery.

Purpose: To report the outcomes of routine arthroscopic meniscectomy in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football players.

Methods: NCAA athletes who underwent arthroscopic meniscectomy over 5 years were included. Players who had incomplete data, previous knee surgery, ligamentous injury, and/or microfractures were excluded.

Rate and risk factors for pediatric cervical spine fusion pseudarthrosis: opportunity for improvement.

Purpose: Although the pediatric population typically has a high union rate, the cervical spine has a reputation for frequent pseduarthrosis, as high as 38% in some prior series. Our purpose was to examine the rate and risk factors for pseudarthrosis in pediatric cervical spine fusions.

Methods: Retrospective review of all patients with ≥ 2 years follow-up undergoing cervical spinal fusion between January 2004 and December 2019 at a tertiary pediatric hospital.

Developing an Artificial Intelligence Tool to Predict Vocal Cord Pathology in Primary Care Settings.

Objectives: Diagnostic tools for voice disorders are lacking for primary care physicians. Artificial intelligence (AI) tools may add to the armamentarium for physicians, decreasing the time to diagnosis and limiting the burden of dysphonia.

Methods: Voice recordings of patients were collected from 2019 to 2021 using smartphones.

Assessment of safety and effectiveness of non-neurosurgical management for minimal traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Background: Patients with mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) and intracranial hemorrhage often receive neurosurgical consultation. However, only a small proportion of patients require intervention. Our hypothesis is that low-risk minimal TBI patients managed without immediate neurosurgical consultation will have a reasonable safety and effectiveness outcome profile.

Tranexamic acid use decreases transfusion rate in children with cerebral palsy undergoing proximal femoral varus derotational osteotomy.

Previous studies demonstrated the safety of tranexamic acid (TXA) use in cerebral palsy (CP) patients undergoing proximal femoral varus derotational osteotomy (VDRO), but were underpowered to determine if TXA alters transfusion rates or estimated blood loss (EBL). The purpose of this study was to investigate if intraoperative TXA administration alters transfusion rates or EBL in patients with CP undergoing VDRO surgery.We conducted a retrospective review of 390 patients with CP who underwent VDRO surgery between January 2004 and August 2019 at a single institution.

Long-Term Voice Outcomes Following Cricotracheal Resection for Subglottic Stenosis: A Retrospective Analysis.

Objectives/hypothesis: Cricotracheal resection (CTR) is an effective treatment for refractory idiopathic subglottic stenosis (iSGS) but is associated with persistent dysphonia. Outcomes were measured longitudinally to characterize how patients' voices and self-perceived voice handicaps changed after CTR.

Study Design: Retrospective case-series.

How low can you go? Implant density in posterior spinal fusion converted from growing constructs for early onset scoliosis.

Study Design: Retrospective, multicenter comparative.

Objectives: Our purpose was to compare early onset scoliosis (EOS) patients treated with ultra-low, low, and high implant density constructs when undergoing conversion to definitive fusion. Larson et al.

Behavioral Health Provider Attitudes and Beliefs about Sexuality and Intimacy: Findings from a Mixed Method Design.

Recovery-oriented services overlook a crucial health domain for persons with severe mental illnesses (SMI): sexuality and intimacy. Though this aspect of social recovery correlates with improved life quality and treatment outcomes, behavioral health (BH) providers avoid such topics. The study's purpose was to obtain an updated snapshot of their attitudes and beliefs about sexuality and intimacy communication.

A Single Education Session of Orthopaedic Residents Does Not Reduce The Rate of Failed Nonoperative Management or Improve Radiographic Outcomes in Pediatric Distal Radius Fractures.

Introduction: The primary objective was to evaluate whether a single educational session on casting is sufficient to reduce the rate of loss of reduction in pediatric distal radius fractures.

Methods: A retrospective review was conducted of pediatric patients with distal radius fractures casted between November 2016 and February 2019. Patients were divided into two groups: those casted by a resident who participated in a targeted education session on short arm casting and those who had not.

Power versus manual pedicle tract preparation: a multi-center study of early adopters.

Study Design: Retrospective cohort, multicenter. A single surgeon study demonstrated that pedicle tract preparation with power tools was associated with lower fluoroscopy times and revision rates compared to manual tools, while maintaining patient safety.

Objective: Our purpose was to determine the safety of power-assisted pedicle tract preparation by early adopters of this technology.

Treatment of tibial plateau fractures with a novel fenestrated screw system for delivery of bone graft substitute.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe the incidence of subsidence in patients with AO/OTA 41 (tibial plateau) fractures which were repaired with a novel fenestrated screw system to used to deliver CaPO4 bone substitute material to fill the subchondral void and support the articular reduction.

Methods: Patients with unicondylar and bicondylar tibial plateau fractures were treated according to the usual technique of two surgeons. After fixation, the Zimmer Biomet N-Force Fixation System®, a fenestrated screw that allows for the injection of bone substitute was placed and used for injection of the proprietary calcium phosphate bone graft substitute into the subchondral void.

Clinical reporting of radiographs by radiographers: Policy and practice guidance for regional imaging networks.

Objectives: Radiographer reporting is an essential component of imaging across the United Kingdom. Since the previous policy and practice guidance in 2004 the role and contribution of reporting radiographers has changed significantly. The move to imaging networks further reinforces the need for consistency in scope of practice and clinical governance for radiographer reporting.

Reporting radiographer peer review systems: A cross-sectional survey of London NHS Trusts.

Introduction: Peer review is frequently incorporated within radiographer reporting services. The aim of this study is to establish peer review systems used for radiograph reports provided by reporting radiographers in London.

Methods: An online cross-sectional survey of NHS diagnostic imaging departments was performed.

Correction to: Assessment of a virtual reality temporal bone surgical simulator: a national face and content validity study.

Following publication of the original article [1], the authors identified incorrect ordering and incorrect files being used for Figs. 1, 2 and 3.

Assessment of a virtual reality temporal bone surgical simulator: a national face and content validity study.

Background: Trainees in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery must gain proficiency in a variety of challenging temporal bone surgical techniques. Traditional teaching has relied on the use of cadavers; however, this method is resource-intensive and does not allow for repeated practice. Virtual reality surgical training is a growing field that is increasingly being adopted in Otolaryngology.

Isolated femoral shaft fractures in children rarely require a blood transfusion.

Background: No recent study has examined how a trend toward surgical fixation for pediatric femoral shaft fractures has impacted blood loss and transfusion requirements. The purpose of this study was to determine the factors influencing transfusions in the treatment of pediatric femoral shaft fractures.

Methods: A retrospective review of patients with femoral shaft fractures treated surgically from 2004 - 2017 at a tertiary pediatric hospital was conducted.