Publications by authors named "R V O'Toole"
Background: Previous research has estimated that over one-half of patients with orthopaedic trauma experience financial distress after the injury. However, it is unknown what proportion of patients lived under financial distress before the injury and, therefore, the causal effect of the injury on financial distress. This study examined changes in financial distress after the injury and factors associated with new post-injury financial distress.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To develop and validate a prediction model for a deep surgical site infection (SSI) after fixation of a tibial plateau or pilon fracture.
Design: Pooled data from 2 randomized trials (VANCO and OXYGEN).
Setting: Fifty-two US trauma centers.
Objectives: This study aimed to assess the relationship between postoperative alignment and nonunion in patients with tibial shaft fractures treated with intramedullary nailing.
Methods: Design: Retrospective case-control study.
Setting: Single academic trauma center.
Objectives: To determine the association between closed suction drainage and postoperative infection in patients with tibial plateau or pilon fractures. Secondarily, this study assessed if intrawound vancomycin powder modified the association of closed surgical drains with infection.
Methods: Design: Secondary analysis of the Effect of Intrawound Vancomycin Powder in Operatively Treated High-risk Tibia Fractures: A Randomized Clinical Trial (VANCO) trial.
Objectives: To determine the effect of external beam radiation (XRT) on preventing severe heterotopic ossification (HO) after acetabular surgery.
Methods: Design: Randomized controlled trial.
Setting: Two level I academic trauma centers.