Intensive Cryotherapy in the Emergency Department (ICED): A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Introduction: Pain control is an essential component of musculoskeletal injury treatment in the emergency department (ED). We evaluated the most effective type of cryotherapy for analgesia of acute musculoskeletal injury and the impact on opioid utilization.

Methods: This was a prospective, randomized, single-blind controlled trial of adult ED patients who presented with acute musculoskeletal pain.

Increasing access to specialty surgical care: application of a new resource allocation model to bariatric surgery.

Objectives: To calculate the public health impact and economic benefit of using ancillary health care professionals for routine postoperative care.

Background: The need for specialty surgical care far exceeds its supply, particularly in weight loss surgery. Bariatric surgery is cost-effective and the only effective long-term weight loss strategy for morbidly obese patients.

Does a fibronectin and aggrecan complex play a role in painful vertebral disks?

Objective: To determine the presence of a fibronectin-aggrecan complex (FAC) in the disk space of persons with chronic low back pain as relates to provocative diskography.

Design: A single-center prospective consecutive case series.

Setting: A single private practice setting.