Complications and Outcomes After Fixation of Lisfranc Injuries at an Urban Level 1 Trauma Center.

Objectives: To evaluate patients with tarsometatarsal fractures and dislocations and describe complications and secondary operations.

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Setting: Level 1 trauma center.

Functional Outcomes After High-Energy Lisfranc Injuries.

Background: Midfoot fractures and dislocations are infrequent and functional outcomes following Lisfranc injuries have not been well described. The purpose of this project was to explore functional outcomes following operative treatment of high-energy Lisfranc injury.

Methods: A retrospective cohort of 46 adults with tarsometatarsal fractures and dislocations treated at a single Level 1 trauma center were reviewed.

Canal narrowing in adult patients with cervical spinal cord injury without computed tomography evidence of trauma.

Purpose: Cervical spinal cord injury can be a particularly devastating sequela of trauma. The purpose of this study was to describe the imaging findings of adult patients with cervical spinal cord injury without computed tomography evidence of trauma (SCIWOCTET).

Methods: All adult patients (≥18 years) treated for acute cervical SCIWOCTET at a single Level I adult trauma center over an eight-year period were retrospectively identified.

Improving the Management of Hypertension by Tackling Awareness, Adherence, and Clinical Inertia: A Symposium Report.

Hypertension remains the leading cause of global mortality, with elevated systolic blood pressure (BP) leading to 10.8 million deaths each year. Despite this, only around 50% of individuals with hypertension are aware of their condition.

The change in postoperative opioid prescribing after lumbar decompression surgery following state-level opioid prescribing reform.

Objective: On August 31, 2017, the state of Ohio implemented legislation limiting the dosage and duration of opioid prescriptions. Despite the widespread adoption of such restrictions, few studies have investigated the effects of these reforms on opioid prescribing and patient outcomes. In the present study, the authors aimed to evaluate the effect of recent state-level reform on opioid prescribing, patient-reported outcomes (PROs), and postoperative emergency department (ED) visits and hospital readmissions after elective lumbar decompression surgery.

Factors associating with surgical site infection following operative management of malleolar fractures at an urban level 1 trauma center.

Objectives: To identify comorbidities and injury characteristics associated with surgical site infection (SSI) following internal fixation of malleolar fractures in an urban level 1 trauma setting.

Design: Retrospective.

Setting: Level 1 trauma center.

Supination Adduction Ankle Fractures Are Associated With Arthritis and Poor Outcomes.

Objective: To compare complications and functional outcomes between supination adduction type II (SAD) injuries and torsional ankle injuries (TAI).

Design: Retrospective cohort.

Setting: Level 1 trauma center.

Predicting Length of Stay and Readmissions After an Ankle Fracture Using a Risk Stratification Tool (STTGMA).

Objectives: To determine the usefulness of a validated trauma triage score to stratify short-term outcomes including hospital length of stay (LOS), in-hospital complications, discharge location, and rate of readmission after an ankle fracture.

Design: Retrospective cohort.

Setting: Level 1 trauma center.

Using the STTGMA Risk Stratification Tool to Predict Complications, Additional Operations, and Functional Outcomes After Ankle Fracture.

Objectives: To determine the usefulness of a validated trauma triage score to stratify postdischarge complications, secondary procedures, and functional outcomes after ankle fracture.

Design: Retrospective cohort.

Setting: Level 1 trauma center.

Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty in Octogenarians versus Younger Patients: A Comparison of 30-Day Outcomes.

As the United States' octogenarian population (persons 80-89 years of age) continues to grow, understanding the risk profile of surgical procedures in elderly patients becomes increasingly important. The purpose of this study was to compare 30-day outcomes following unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) in octogenarians with those in younger patients. The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database was queried.

The canine skin and ear microbiome: A comprehensive survey of pathogens implicated in canine skin and ear infections using a novel next-generation-sequencing-based assay.

This study analyzed the complex bacterial and fungal microbiota of healthy and clinically affected canine ear and skin samples. A total of 589 canine samples were included: 257 ear swab samples (128 healthy vs. 129 clinically affected) and 332 skin swab samples (172 healthy vs.

Transcutaneous Hemoglobin Screening in an Adult Orthopaedic Trauma Population.

Objectives: To evaluate a noninvasive hemoglobin measurement device in an orthopaedic trauma population.

Design: Prospective.

Setting: Level 1 trauma center.