Slow-motion smartphone video improves interobserver reliability of gait assessment in ambulatory cerebral palsy.

Purpose: Structured visual gait assessment is essential for the evaluation of pediatric patients with neuromuscular conditions. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the benefit of slow-motion video recorded on a standard smartphone to augment visual gait assessment.

Methods: Coronal and sagittal plane videos of the gait of five pediatric subjects were recorded on a smartphone, including four subjects with ambulatory cerebral palsy and one subject without gait pathology.

Design and implementation of an acute Trauma and Orthopaedic ePlatform (TOP) referral system utilising existing secure technology during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Introduction: Virtual fracture clinics (VFCs) are being increasingly used to offer safe and efficient orthopaedic review without the requirement for face-to-face contact. With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, we sought to develop an online referral pathway that would allow us to provide definitive orthopaedic management plans and reduce face-to-face contact at the fracture clinics.

Methods: All patients presenting to the emergency department from 21March 2020 with a musculoskeletal injury or potential musculoskeletal infection deemed to require orthopaedic input were discussed using a secure messaging app.

Does an Orthopedic Ward Round Pro Forma Improve Inpatient Documentation?

Introduction: Thorough documentation is of utmost importance in a patient hospital experience. It forms an accurate record of an inpatient stay, facilitates handover between medical colleagues, and is also a legal document. Medical notes tend to be detailed and insightful on admission, but the daily ward round notes have often fallen short of expectation.

Day of Surgery Admission in Total Joint Arthroplasty: Why Are Surgeries Cancelled? An Analysis of 3195 Planned Procedures and 114 Cancellations.

. Day of surgery admission (DOSA) is becoming standard practice as a means of reducing cost in total joint arthroplasty. .

The Hanikoda Method: 3-layered Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in Wound Bed Preparation.

Introduction: Negative pressure wound therapy is a widely used method of wound dressing with various commercially available brands. The authors created the Hanikoda Method (HM) for effective wound bed preparation or definite wound closure.

Methods: In this case series, the authors discuss 8 different wound cases that presented to their Plastics Unit from January 2014 to June 2015.

Traumatic Isolated Trapezium Dislocation without Fracture: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Isolated dislocation of the trapezium is an uncommon injury. There are sixteen cases to date reported in the literature. The management of these cases has varied from complete excision to open or closed reduction, with or without percutaneous wiring.

Quantitative Analysis of Technological Innovation in Knee Arthroplasty: Using Patent and Publication Metrics to Identify Developments and Trends.

Background: Surgery is in a constant continuum of innovation with refinement of technique and instrumentation. Arthroplasty surgery potentially represents an area with highly innovative process. This study highlights key area of innovation in knee arthroplasty over the past 35 years using patent and publication metrics.

Availability of accessible and high-quality information on the Internet for patients regarding the diagnosis and management of rotator cuff tears.

Background: In the era of informed patient decision-making, educated patients are vital contributors. The Internet provides a vast information source that patients will access. It is imperative that this information be relevant and understandable.

Nasogastric nutrition is efficacious in severe acute pancreatitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

In patients with severe acute pancreatitis (AP), enteral nutrition is delivered by nasojejunal (NJ) tube to minimise pancreatic stimulation. Nasogastric (NG) feeding represents an alternative route. The primary objective of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to evaluate the efficacy of NG feeding.

Systematic review and meta-analysis of closed suction drainage versus non-drainage in primary hip arthroplasty.

The routine use of drains in surgery has been dogmatically instituted in some disciplines. Orthopaedic surgery is one such sub-speciality. The use of postoperative closed suction drainage in total hip arthroplasty (THA) has become increasingly controversial with multiple randomised control trials performed to assess the benefit to outcome in THA.