Patients of Obese Representation Require Longer Operative Times: An Evaluation of Acetabular and Pelvic Ring Operative Duration.

Recent literature has determined that operative times for the obese population are greater for both elective and nonelective orthopedic procedures. If time allotted for a given surgical procedure is used as a measure of procedural difficulty, then consideration can be given for using an additional coding modifier (i.e.

Utilization of rehabilitation therapy services in Parkinson disease in the United States.

Objective: To examine rehabilitation therapy utilization for Parkinson disease (PD).

Methods: We identified 174,643 Medicare beneficiaries with a diagnosis of PD in 2007 and followed them through 2009. The main outcome measures were annual receipt of physical therapy (PT), occupational therapy (OT), or speech therapy (ST).