Publications by authors named "Luke Schwartz"
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- This study analyzed basketball-related shoulder dislocations reported in US emergency departments from 2013 to 2022, using data from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS).
- A total of 52,417 shoulder dislocations were recorded, with a significant decrease in incidents over the study period, particularly from 2019 to 2020.
- The main cause of dislocations was falling, predominantly affecting young adults and adolescents, while females were more prone to dislocations resulting from player contact.
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- The study examined outcomes of patients with tibial plateau fractures who also developed compartment syndrome (CS).
- Fourteen out of 766 patients (1.8%) diagnosed with CS underwent specific surgical treatments including fasciotomy and external fixation, followed by definitive fracture repair.
- At one-year follow-up, functional outcomes like knee flexion and pain scores were similar in CS patients compared to those without CS, although infection rates were higher in the CS cohort.
The frequency of scientific retractions has grown substantially in recent years. However, thus far there is no standardized retraction notice format to which journals and their publishers adhere voluntarily, let alone compulsorily. We developed a rubric specifying seven criteria in order to judge whether retraction notices are easily and freely accessible, informative, and transparent.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Osteonecrosis (ON) of the humeral head is defined as "avascular" when the death of bone is due to a disrupted blood supply. It is a known complication following proximal humeral fractures and can lead to poor long-term outcomes and even additional revision surgeries.
Case Report: Patient AP developed symptomatic ON, 3 years following repair of a 4-part valgus impacted proximal humerus fracture.
Purpose: To compare outcomes of patients with posterior tibial plateau fractures who underwent repair indirectly with an anterior approach to those who underwent direct repair with a prone "Lobenhoffer" operative approach.
Methods: A total of 44 patients with a posterior column tibial plateau fracture that underwent repair were identified. Twenty-two patients with 22 tibial plateau fractures were fixed using a prone Lobenhoffer approach.
The Score for Trauma Triage in the Geriatric and Middle-Aged (STTGMA) is a risk stratification tool. We evaluated the STTGMA's accuracy in predicting 30-day mortality and the odds of unfavorable clinical trajectories among crash-related trauma patients. This retrospective cohort study (n = 912) pooled adults aged 55 years and older from a single institutional trauma database.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To report on demographics, injury patterns, management strategies and outcomes of patients who sustained fractures of the tibial plateau seen at a single center over a 16-year period.
Design: Prospective collection of data.Patients/ Participants: 716 patients with 725 tibia plateau fractures, were treated by one of 5 surgeons.
Significance: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 has indirectly created challenges to the ophthalmic retinal examinations because of lens fogging related to patients wearing masks. To date, there are no objective data on the degree of diagnostic ophthalmic lens fogging associated with mask wearing or on the effectiveness of proposed solutions to ophthalmologic lens fogging.
Purpose: The purposes of this study were to investigate the degree of ophthalmologic lens fogging in patients wearing masks and to assess the efficacy lens warming in reducing lens fogging and facilitating ophthalmologic retinal examinations.
Background: The purpose of this study is to systematically review the literature and evaluate patient-reported outcomes and complication/revision rates of bone block augmentation in the treatment of posterior shoulder instability (PSI).
Methods: PubMed was searched according to PRIMSA guidelines to find clinical studies evaluating patient-reported outcomes, revision, and complication rates in posterior bone block for PSI. A literature search of MEDLINE, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library was performed based on the PRISMA guidelines.
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the short-term complication rate following the open and arthroscopic Latarjet procedures and to meta-analyze the studies comparing the 2 approaches.
Methods: PubMed was searched according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines to find clinical and biomechanical studies comparing complication rates in open and arthroscopic Latarjet procedures. A literature search of MEDLINE, Embase, and the Cochrane Library was performed based on the PRISMA guidelines.