Closing the health gap in Central Australia: reduction in Indigenous Australian inpatient self-discharge rates following routine collaboration with Aboriginal Health Workers.

Background: Indigenous Australians experience significant socioeconomic disadvantage and healthcare disparity compared to non-Indigenous Australians. A retrospective cohort study to describe the association between rates of self-discharge in Indigenous orthopaedic patients and the introduction of routine Aboriginal Liaison Officers (ALO) within the Orthopaedic multi-disciplinary team (MDT) was performed.

Methods: ALO were introduced within our routine Orthopaedic MDT on the 22 of February 2021.

Universal screening may reduce the incidence of late diagnosis of developmental dysplasia of the hip : a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Aims: We investigated the prevalence of late developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH), abduction bracing treatment, and surgical procedures performed following the implementation of universal ultrasound screening versus selective ultrasound screening programmes.

Methods: A systematic search of PubMed, Embase, The Cochrane Library, OrthoSearch, and Web of Science from the date of inception of each database until 27 March 2022 was performed. The primary outcome of interest was the prevalence of late detection of DDH, diagnosed after three months.

Open or Arthroscopic Synovectomy Is the Preferred Management Option in Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis of the Hip Joint Without Evidence of Degeneration: A Systematic Review of 20 Studies.

Purpose: To provide an up-to-date systematic review on the treatment options for pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) of the hip and provide a grade of recommendation using standardized systems.

Methods: A systematic search of PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and The Cochrane Library from the date of inception of each database through December 4, 2021, was performed. Studies that described the outcomes of treatment of hip PVNS were identified.

Synovial fluid calprotectin performs better than synovial fluid polymerase chain reaction and interleukin-6 in the diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection : a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Aims: The preoperative diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) remains a challenge due to a lack of biomarkers that are both sensitive and specific. We investigated the performance characteristics of polymerase chain reaction (PCR), interleukin-6 (IL6), and calprotectin of synovial fluid in the diagnosis of PJI.

Methods: We performed systematic search of PubMed, Embase, The Cochrane Library, Web of Science, and Science Direct from the date of inception of each database through to 31 May 2021.