Preoperative CT improves the assessment of stability in trochanteric hip fractures.

Aims: To investigate if preoperative CT improves detection of unstable trochanteric hip fractures.

Methods: A single-centre prospective study was conducted. Patients aged 65 years or older with trochanteric hip fractures admitted to Stavanger University Hospital (Stavanger, Norway) were consecutively included from September 2020 to January 2022.

Assessing the content validity of the Manchester-Oxford Foot Questionnaire in surgically treated ankle fracture patients: a qualitative study.

Background: Roughly 10% of fractures in adults are ankle fractures. These injuries are found in both sexes and present with different fracture characteristics. The treatment varies with the patients' biology and fracture type, and the goals are to restore stability, prevent pain and maintain ankle function.

Improving the quality of the fracture liaison service through the implementation of a structured health record.

Objective: According to the best practice framework for secondary fracture prevention, all patients aged ≥50 years with a fracture should be assessed for osteoporosis within the fracture liaison service (FLS). The framework includes an FLS quality registry database to ensure quality. The input of data into our FLS registry was time-consuming and required entering data twice: into both the journal record and the registry.

Ankle fractures: a systematic review of patient-reported outcome measures and their measurement properties.

Purpose: Ankle fractures are commonly occurring fractures, especially in the aging population, where they often present as fragility fractures. The disease burden and economic costs to the patient and society are considerable. Choosing accurate outcome measures for the evaluation of the management of ankle fractures in clinical trials facilitates better decision-making.

Data entry quality of double data entry vs automated form processing technologies: A cohort study validation of optical mark recognition and intelligent character recognition in a clinical setting.

Background And Aims: Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are increasingly used in health services. Paper forms are still often used to register such data. Manual double data entry (DDE) has been defined as the gold standard for transferring data to an electronic format but is laborious and costly.

Can bone apposition predict the retention force of a femoral stem? An experimental weight-bearing hip-implant model in goats.

Background: The increasing incidence of prosthesis revision surgery in the Western world has led to an increased focus on the capacity for stem removal. We previously reported on a femoral stem implanted in goats with an approximate 15% reduction in retention force by drilling longitudinally orientated grooves on the side of the stem. In this current study, we aimed to histologically evaluate the bony apposition towards this stem and correlate this apposition with the pullout force.

Assessment of retention force and bone apposition in two differently coated femoral stems after 6 months of loading in a goat model.

Background: Since the introduction of uncemented hip implants, there has been a search for the best surface coating to enhance bone apposition in order to improve retention. The surface coating of the different stems varies between products. The aim was to assess the retention force and bone adaption in two differently coated stems in a weight-bearing goat model.

Reliable classification of children's fractures according to the comprehensive classification of long bone fractures by Müller.

Background And Purpose: Guidelines for fracture treatment and evaluation require a valid classification. Classifications especially designed for children are available, but they might lead to reduced accuracy, considering the relative infrequency of childhood fractures in a general orthopedic department. We tested the reliability and accuracy of the Müller classification when used for long bone fractures in children.

How reliable and accurate is the AO/OTA comprehensive classification for adult long-bone fractures?

Background: Reliable classification of fractures is important for treatment allocation and study comparisons. The overall accuracy of scoring applied to a general population of fractures is little known. This study aimed to investigate the accuracy and reliability of the comprehensive Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteosynthesefragen/Orthopedic Trauma Association classification for adult long-bone fractures and identify factors associated with poor coding agreement.

Steppingstones to the implementation of an inhospital fracture and dislocation registry using the AO/OTA classification: compliance, completeness and commitment.

Background: Musculoskeletal trauma represents a considerable global health burden, however reliable population-based incidence data are scarce. A fracture and dislocation registry was established within a well-defined population. An audit of the establishment process, feasibility of the registry work and report of the collected data is given.

Incidence of traumatic long-bone fractures requiring in-hospital management: a prospective age- and gender-specific analysis of 4890 fractures.

Background: Musculoskeletal trauma represents a considerable global health burden; however, reliable population-based incidence data are lacking. Thus, we prospectively investigated the age- and sex-specific incidence patterns of long-bone fractures in a defined population.

Methods: A 4-year prospective study of all long-bone fractures in a defined Norwegian population was carried out.

[Risk intervention in persons with diabetes mellitus in general practice].

Background: Intervention against cardiovascular risk factors such as hypertension, dyslipidaemia and smoking is necessary to reduce the increased mortality associated with diabetes mellitus.

Methods: The case notes of 2003 patients with diabetes in general practice in Rogaland, Salten and Aker were reviewed in order to assess the quality of diabetes care including the treatment of risk factors for cardiovascular disease.

Results: 287 out of 1417 patients below the age of 76 had known cardiovascular disease.