Publications by authors named "Jeffrey B Shroff"
Objectives: To determine if rates of pin site infection and surgical site infection among patients managed with primary closure after external fixator removal were similar to those allowed to heal secondarily.
Design: Retrospective cohort.
Setting: Urban/Suburban Academic Level I Trauma Center.
Advances in regional anesthesia techniques for knee surgery have led to drastic improvements in postoperative pain control and have reduced reliance on perioperative opioid analgesics. The infiltration between the popliteal artery and capsule of the knee (IPACK) block has been a useful tool for providing posterior knee analgesia as an adjuvant to traditional femoral or adductor canal blocks in knee surgery. We present a simple and reproducible technique for the arthroscopic administration of this block.
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- Cutibacterium acnes, a common microbe linked to shoulder arthroplasty infections, was found on the skin of patients despite rigorous pre-surgery skin preparation protocols.
- A study involving 100 patients revealed that 12% tested positive for C acnes, predominantly among male patients, while no postoperative infections were observed.
- The results suggest a need for preventive strategies, such as discarding the initial scalpel and minimizing skin contact during surgery to reduce contamination risks.
Background: The tibial tubercle to trochlear groove (TT-TG) distance is often utilized for determining the surgical treatment for patients with patellar instability (PI). It is thought to directly represent the position of the TT on the tibia. Recent work has shown that the measurement of the TT-TG distance is multifactorial.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: The rate of patients lost to follow-up may contribute to bias in randomized controlled trials (RCTs).
Methods: We systematically reviewed orthopaedic RCTs from 2008 to 2011, including 559 RCTs with 131,836 enrolled subjects. The loss to follow-up rates and minimum follow-up times were recorded for each trial.
Objectives: Noncompliance with postoperative follow-up visits remains a common problem in orthopaedic trauma. The aim of this study was to identify risk factors for loss of follow-up after orthopaedic trauma.
Design: Retrospective review.