Does pes anserinus tenotomy affect surgical site infection rate in operative tibial plateau fractures?

Purpose: To assess if pes anserinus tenotomy (PAT) during definitive open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) of tibial plateau fractures is associated with a decreased risk of surgical site infection (SSI) and other postoperative complications.

Methods: A retrospective review of all adults who underwent ORIF for tibial plateau fractures from April 2005 to February 2022 at single level 1 trauma center was performed. Patients who had a medial approach to the plateau with minimum three-month follow-up were required for inclusion.

Medical Students' Perceptions of Orthopedics as a Career for Women.

Objectives: To determine potential factors influencing female medical students' interest and subsequent application to orthopedics, and to evaluate female and male medical students' perceptions of women in the field of orthopedics.

Methods: An institutional review board-approved survey was distributed in March 2020 and subsequently in April 2022 to medical students in the classes of 2023 and 2024 at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine. Study data were collected and managed using REDCap electronic data capture.

Spironolactone Reduces Aortic Stiffness in Patients With Resistant Hypertension Independent of Blood Pressure Change.

Background Aortic stiffness is an independent predictor of cardiovascular events in patients with arterial hypertension. Resistant hypertension is often linked to hyperaldosteronism and associated with adverse outcomes. Spironolactone, a mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist, has been shown to reduce both the arterial blood pressure (BP) and aortic stiffness in resistant hypertension.

A Plausible Pipeline to Diversifying Orthopaedics: Premedical Programming.

Objective: To determine whether premedical programming can address the interest level and perception of barriers to women in orthopaedics held by female high school and medical students.

Design: A thirteen-question paper-based survey was distributed among the high school and medical school participants prior to the January 2020 Perry Outreach Program and Medical Student Outreach Program. After a day of participation in mock procedures and speaker sessions, participants subsequently completed another survey of seven-questions.