Publications by authors named "Matthew Abourezk"
Surgical stabilization of severe chest wall injury following cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
J Trauma Acute Care Surg
January 2022
Article Synopsis
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) can cause significant chest wall injuries, which may benefit from surgical stabilization of rib fractures (SSRF), especially in patients with severe injuries, as shown by a study of patients treated post-CPR.
- A review of five male patients who underwent SSRF from 2019 to 2020 revealed they all required invasive ventilation, with a mean age of 59, and most had flail chest injuries; they experienced varied hospital stays.
- Post-surgery, patients showed no hardware complications, and while two developed pneumonia, no deaths occurred within 30 days, suggesting that SSRF can be a viable option for improving outcomes after CPR-related chest injuries
We present the case of a patient who underwent a laparoscopic splenectomy for splenomegaly associated with anemia and thrombocytopenia thought to be secondary to lymphoma and was found to have metastatic melanoma without a primary source. This is a rare entity in that the patient falls into an atypical population group with conflicting opinions about management that has been scarcely reported in the literature.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) using a hamstring tendon autograft often results in hamstring muscle strength asymmetry. However, the effect of hamstring muscle strength asymmetry on knee mechanics has not been reported.
Hypothesis: Participants with hamstring strength asymmetry would demonstrate altered involved limb knee mechanics during walking and jogging compared with those with more symmetric hamstring strength at least 2 years after ACLR with a hamstring tendon autograft.