Publications by authors named "Kalin J Fisher"
Objective: To determine the outcomes of high-risk patients treated with tibiotalocalcaneal hindfoot fusion nails.
Design: Retrospective case series.
Setting: Level I trauma center.
Article Synopsis
- - A study aimed to compare complication rates from different surgical approaches for managing coronal shear fractures of the distal humerus, as existing literature hadn’t addressed this before.
- - A systematic review analyzed 189 articles from 2001 to January 2022, narrowing it down to 45 studies which included a total of 899 patients, revealing various complication rates such as post-traumatic arthritis and nerve injuries.
- - The findings indicated that the overall reoperation rate was 13.8%, with the lateral approach showing a complication rate of 25.8%, compared to 16.7% for the anterolateral approach, highlighting significant differences in outcomes between these techniques.
Introduction: The objective of this study was to identify preoperative characteristics associated with worse Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Pain Interference (PI) two years after shoulder surgery.
Methods: This was a retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data on 293 patients who underwent elective shoulder surgery. Survey questionnaires were collected within one week of surgery and then two years postoperatively.