Outcomes of arthroscopic rotator cuff repairs in obese patients.

Hypothesis: Rotator cuff tears are common orthopedic injuries and their arthroscopic treatment can be technically challenging. This study evaluated the outcomes of arthroscopic rotator cuff repairs in obese patients. We hypothesized that there would be a direct correlation between worse outcomes of arthroscopic rotator cuff repairs and increasing body mass index (BMI).

Unplanned surgical excision of extremity soft tissue sarcomas: patient profile and referral patterns.

Unplanned surgical excision of sarcomas remains a major treatment dilemma in the control of local disease. The purpose of this study is to develop a patient profile to identify patients at high risk for an unplanned excision. The study group consisted of 54 patients following an unplanned excision of a soft tissue sarcoma.

Comparison of SF-36 and Short Musculoskeletal Functional Assessment in recovery from fixation of unstable ankle fractures.

This study assessed whether the Short Musculoskeletal Functional Assessment questionnaire had fewer floor or ceiling effects than the SF-36 in evaluation of the functional recovery of operatively stabilized isolated ankle fractures. We also hypothesized that the Short Musculoskeletal Functional Assessment would be more effective than the (Short Form) SF-36 in discriminating the functional recovery of different groups of patients after an ankle fracture. One hundred twenty-seven patients with an isolated ankle fracture were evaluated with the Short Musculoskeletal Functional Assessment and SF-36 questionnaires after operative fracture fixation.