Survival and prognostic factors of salivary gland malignant mixed tumor-not otherwise specified: A population-based analysis.

Objective: Malignant mixed tumors of the salivary gland are a group of neoplasms comprised of carcinoma-ex-pleomorphic adenoma, carcinosarcoma, and metastasizing pleomorphic adenoma. An alternative classification, malignant mixed tumor-not otherwise (MMT-NOS), is a diagnosis of exclusion for neoplasms that do not fit the previous histologically profiled subtypes. The objective was to provide a comprehensive assessment of MMT-NOS and determine prognostic factors.

Prospective Study of Military Special Operations Medical Personnel and Lower Extremity Fracture Immobilization in an Austere Environment.

Background: Austere fracture immobilization equipment and techniques are often overlooked, with few studies critically evaluating the process. The purpose of this study was to evaluate current austere splinting techniques and equipment used for lower extremity fractures while field testing a new 1-step spray-on foam splint.

Methods: This is a prospective analysis of austere splinting techniques.

Implementing an Electronic Patient-Based Orthopaedic Outcomes System: Factors Affecting Patient Participation Compliance.

Introduction: Few studies have reported on the optimization of patient compliance within outcome registries and no studies exist on orthopaedic outcome registries in the military to date. Our aim is to report on the compliance rate of an electronic, web-based, patient-reported outcomes program, with particular emphasis on the effect of variables in data acquisition on survey compliance at a single military installation.

Methods: 1,814 patients were entered into the database allowing patients to complete subjective preoperative validated scores.