Distal Fibular Metastasis of Colorectal Carcinoma: A Case Report.

Case: A 62-year-old woman presenting with ankle pain was initially treated for a non-displaced fracture. Persistent pain despite months of conservative management for her presumed injury prompted repeat radiographs which demonstrated the progression of a lytic lesion and led to an orthopedic oncology referral. Following a complete work-up, including biopsy and staging, she was diagnosed with colorectal carcinoma metastatic to the distal fibula.

Partial Delaminated Quadriceps Tendon Rupture: A Case Report.

Case: We present a case of a 41-year-old male bodybuilder with a partial delaminated quadriceps tendon rupture after a traumatic injury. Partial quadriceps tendon tears are rare overall and usually are treated nonoperatively with conservative management depending on the patient's limitations. He was found to have an intact superficial quadriceps tendon with a partial thickness tear of the vastus intermedius and delamination of the undersurface quadriceps tendon precluding active knee extension.

A Simple Initiative to Decrease Time to Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Open Fractures Is Durable After 2 Years.

Introduction: A simple antibiotic prophylaxis initiative can effectively decrease the time to antibiotic administration for patients with open fractures. We aim to determine whether adherence to the protocol decreased over time without active input from the orthopaedic trauma team.

Patients And Methods: This retrospective cohort study included adult patients with open fractures (excluding hand) presenting directly to the emergency department at one Level I trauma center.

Periprosthetic Tibial Fractures After Total Knee Arthroplasty: Early and Long-Term Clinical Outcomes.

Background: Although periprosthetic fractures are increasing in prevalence, evidence-based guidelines for the optimal treatment of periprosthetic tibial fractures (PTx) are lacking. Thus, the purpose of this study is to assess the clinical outcomes in PTx after a total knee arthroplasty (TKA) which were treated with different treatment options.

Methods: A retrospective review was performed on a consecutive series of 34 nontumor patients treated at 2 academic institutions who experienced a PTx after TKA (2008-2016).

Pain, Depression, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Following Major Extremity Trauma Among United States Military Serving in Iraq and Afghanistan: Results From the Military Extremity Trauma and Amputation/Limb Salvage Study.

Objectives: Assess the burden and co-occurrence of pain, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among service members who sustained a major limb injury, and examine whether these conditions are associated with functional outcomes.

Design: A retrospective cohort study.

Setting: Four U.

Implant Charge Differences Between Distal Radius Fixation Constructs (CPT 25607, 25608, and 25609).

Background: Implants are a significant contributor to health care costs. We hypothesized that extra-articular fracture patterns would have a lower implant charge than intra-articular fractures and aimed to determine risk factors for increased cost.

Methods: In total, 163 patients undergoing outpatient distal radius fracture fixation at 2 hospitals were retrospectively reviewed stratified by Current Procedural Terminology codes.

Adding a Fibular Strut Allograft to Intramedullary Nail and Cancellous Autograft During Stage II of the Masquelet Technique for Segmental Femur Defects: A Technique Tip.

Reconstruction of segmental diaphyseal bone defects has been a major challenge in limb salvage surgery. Staged reconstruction as first described by Masquelet is a common strategy to deal with this problem in limb salvage surgery. One consequence of this technique is a time period of prolonged limited weightbearing while the segmental defect heals.

Opioid-Limiting Legislation Associated With Reduced Postoperative Prescribing After Surgery for Traumatic Orthopaedic Injuries.

Objectives: To evaluate opioid-prescribing patterns after surgery for orthopaedic trauma before and after implementation of opioid-limiting mandates in one state.

Design: Retrospective review.

Setting: Level-1 trauma center.

Assessment of a Geriatric Hip Fracture Program: Analysis of Harmful Adverse Events Using the Global Trigger Tool.

Background: The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of adding a geriatric comanagement program to the care of geriatric patients with a hip fracture at our hospital. The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Global Trigger Tool (GTT) was used to follow the frequency and severity of adverse events occurring in hospitalized patients and to examine the effectiveness of a comanagement program (the Geriatric Hip Fracture Program [GHFP]).

Methods: Data were collected for patients treated for a hip fracture from 2010 to 2014, which was 1 year prior to (October 2010 to September 2011) and 2 years after the implementation of the GHFP, and were grouped into 3-month intervals for analysis.

Treatment of femoral neck fractures in patients 45-64 years of age.

Introduction: Young patients with femoral neck fractures are optimally treated with reduction and stable fixation, while patients over the age of sixty-five are often treated with arthroplasty. This study analyzes in-hospital outcomes associated with total hip arthroplasty, hip hemiarthroplasty and internal fixation for treatment of femoral neck fractures in patients aged 45-64.

Methods: Records of patients between the ages of 45-64, from 2002 to 2014, sustaining femoral neck fractures and treated with internal fixation, hip hemiarthroplasty or total hip arthroplasty were obtained from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS).

External Fixation in the Emergency Department for Pilon and Unstable Ankle Fractures.

Introduction: Pilon and unstable ankle fractures are often treated initially with an external fixator (ex-fix). Ex-fix application in the emergency department (ED) has been described but not compared with that placed in the operating room (OR).

Methods: Retrospective, case-cohort study was performed at a level-1 trauma center.

Radiation Exposure and Health Risks for Orthopaedic Surgeons.

Orthopaedic surgeons are routinely exposed to intraoperative radiation and, therefore, follow the principle of "as low as reasonably achievable" with regard to occupational safety. However, standardized education on the long-term health effects of radiation and the basis for current radiation exposure limits is limited in the field of orthopaedics. Much of orthopaedic surgeons' understanding of radiation exposure limits is extrapolated from studies of survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.

Factors influencing survival following hip fracture among octogenarians and nonagenarians in the United States.

Introduction: Hip fractures account for a significant disease burden in the Unites States. With an aging population, this disease burden is expected to increase in the upcoming decades.

Materials And Methods: This represents a retrospective cohort study to assess mortality following hip fracture in the octogenarian and nonagenarian populations.

Analysis of mortality and fixation failure in geriatric fractures using quantitative computed tomography.

Objectives: While osteoporosis has been shown to be a contributing factor in low energy fractures in the elderly, limited data exists regarding the correlation of bone mineral density (BMD) and T-Scores to mortality and failure of fracture fixation. This study seeks to determine the relationship between femoral neck BMD in elderly patients with typical geriatric fractures and mortality and fracture fixation failure using Quantitative Computed Tomography (QCT).

Materials And Methods: Patients over the age of 65 who sustained fractures of the proximal humerus, distal radius, pelvic ring, acetabulum, hip, proximal tibia, and ankle who also underwent a CT scan that included an uninjured femoral neck were retrospectively reviewed.

Increased Incidence of Vascular Injury in Obese Patients With Knee Dislocations.

Objectives: With rising rates of obesity in the United States, the burden of knee dislocations in this population remains unknown. This national epidemiologic study was designed to analyze the association of obesity with closed knee dislocation and vascular complications.

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Decreased Time to Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Open Fractures at a Level One Trauma Center.

Objective: To determine whether time to administration of antibiotics decreased after the implementation of an open fracture working group and antibiotic prophylaxis protocol.

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Setting: One Level 1 Trauma Center.

Vertically Oriented Femoral Neck Fractures: A Biomechanical Comparison of 3 Fixation Constructs.

Objectives: To compare the static and dynamic mechanical properties of a modified crossed cannulated screw (CS) configuration, the inverted triangle (IT) cannulated screw configuration, and a compression hip screw (CHS) with derotation screw in Pauwels type III femoral neck fractures.

Methods: Thirty synthetic femora were divided into 3 groups, and vertical femoral neck osteotomies were made. Ten osteotomized femora were fixed with a CS configuration, 10 were fixed with 3 parallel screws in an IT configuration, and the remaining 10 osteotomized femora were fixed with a CHS construct.

Deep Infections After Syndesmotic Fixation With a Suture Button Device.

Suture button devices such as the TightRope (Arthrex, Naples, Florida) have been increasingly used for syndesmotic fixation of ankle fractures. Despite proposed advantages, prior studies have shown equivalent outcomes, with a theoretical decreased need for removal of hardware. Complications of suture button fixation of syndesmotic instability may be underreported and include lateral suture knot inflammation with or without granuloma formation, infection, aseptic osteolysis with widening of the tibial drill tunnels, heterotopic ossification, and osteomyelitis.

Resuscitation and Treatment of Shock.

Hemorrhage continues to be the most common cause of death among service members wounded in combat. Injuries that were previously nonsurvivable in previous wars are now routinely seen by combat surgeons in forward surgical units, the result of improvements in body armor, the universal use of field tourniquets to control extremity hemorrhage at the point of injury, and rapid air evacuation strategies. Combat orthopaedic surgeons remain a vital aspect of the forward surgical unit, tasked with assisting general surgical colleagues in the resuscitation of patients in hemorrhagic shock while also addressing traumatic amputations, open and closed long bone fractures, and mechanically unstable pelvic trauma.

Dealing With Catastrophic Outcomes and Amputations in the Mangled Limb.

Successful management of the mangled extremity is difficult; however, recent advancements are changing the outcomes of these difficult cases. Multiple centers are working on new bionic limbs with real-time feedback and better performance parameters. Research progress, particularly in the military sector, has aided in our understanding of heterotopic ossification after devastating limb injuries.

Hybrid Anterolateral Approach for Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Femoral Neck Fractures.

Displaced femoral neck fractures in physiologically young patients are best treated with anatomic reduction and stable fixation. Several surgical approaches to the femoral neck have previously been described, although they are fraught with disadvantages such as poor visualization, the need for 2 incisions, and risk of injury to the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve and branches of the medial femoral circumflex artery. The authors' hybrid anterolateral approach to the hip allows for excellent visualization of femoral neck fractures and for placement of plate and/or screw constructs through a single incision.

Deltoid Compartment Syndrome After Prolonged Lateral Decubitus Positioning: A Case Report.

Case: A thirty-six-year-old man fell off a ladder and sustained an open fracture of the distal end of the left humerus. He was taken to the operating room for irrigation, debridement, and fixation of the fracture and was placed in the right lateral decubitus position for over seven hours. He subsequently developed right deltoid compartment syndrome, necessitating emergency compartment release.

Silver doped titanium oxide-PDMS hybrid coating inhibits Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis growth on PEEK.

Bacterial infection remains one of the most serious issues affecting the successful installation and retention of orthopedic implants. Many bacteria develop resistance to current antibiotics, which complicates or prevents traditional antibiotic-dependent eradication therapy. In this study, a hybrid coating of titanium dioxide and polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) was synthesized to regulate the release of silver.

Preoperative cognitive impairment and psychological distress in hospitalized elderly hip fracture patients.

We conducted a prospective study to evaluate the prevalence of cognitive impairment (CI) in elderly inpatients awaiting surgery for hip fracture, and to compare CI and normal cognition (NC) patients with respect to preoperative pain, fear, and anxiety. The study included patients who were older than 65 years when admitted to a hospital after acute hip fracture. Preoperative assessment involved use of Confusion Assessment Method-Short Form, Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), visual analog scales for anxiety and fear, and Wong-Baker Faces Pain Scale.