Classification and measurement of displacement of isolated greater tuberosity fractures: Intra and interobserver reliability.

Background: Literature demonstrates variability in the amount of displacement of isolated greater tuberosity (GT) fractures and measurement techniques that orthopaedic surgeons deem warrant surgical intervention. This study aims to assess the intra and interobserver reliability for classifying and measuring the displacement amount for isolated GT fractures.

Methods: Eight surgeons, consisting of four shoulder specialists and four trainee surgeons, reviewed 25 plain radiographs on two separate occasions, 3 months apart.

Outcomes at mean follow-up of four years following AO type-C distal humerus fractures managed with fixation or arthroplasty.

Aim: To compare outcomes between open reduction internal fixation (ORIF), total elbow replacement (TER) and distal humerus hemiarthroplasty (DHH) for AO type-C (AOC) fractures of the distal humerus in patients aged 50 years or older.

Methods: A retrospective analysis of acute AOC distal humerus fractures in patients aged 50 years or older between 2016 and 2022. Outcomes measured: Oxford Elbow Score (OES), Mayo Elbow Performance Score (MEPS), complication rate, re-operation rate and range of movement (ROM).

The usefulness of ultrasound in predicting outcomes in patients with shoulder pain: a prospective observational study.

Objectives: Shoulder pain is common but current clinical classification has limited utility. We aimed to determine whether groups of ultrasound-based shoulder pathologies exist and to evaluate outcomes according to identified groups and individual pathologies.

Methods: This was a prospective study of a community-based cohort with shoulder pain referred for their first ultrasound scan at a single radiology unit, with subsequent routine clinical care.

Expert views about missing AI narratives: is there an AI story crisis?

Stories are an important indicator of our vision of the future. In the case of artificial intelligence (AI), dominant stories are polarized between notions of threat and myopic solutionism. The central storytellers-big tech, popular media, and authors of science fiction-represent particular demographics and motivations.

Complications and mortality associated with olecranon fractures in the elderly: a retrospective cohort comparison from a large level one trauma centre.

Background: Olecranon fractures in the elderly have an increasing incidence. This retrospective study aims to identify the complications and survivorship of these patients.

Methods: All patients >70 years old treated for an olecranon fracture at our institution were identified between 2007 and 2019.