Are orthopaedic surgeons tough as nails? A regional resilience study.

Background: Healthcare professionals require resilience in the workplace to cope with the high demands of the job. Resilience reduces anxiety and distress following an adverse event, which orthopaedic surgeons must be prepared for. This cross-sectional study aims to assess the resilience levels of orthopaedic surgeons in one region to determine whether there are any factors which enhance it.

COVID-19 Is Associated With a 4 Fold Increase in 30-day Mortality Risk in Hip Fracture Patients in the United Kingdom: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Background: Hip fracture in elderly patients is associated with a significant mortality which may be worsened by COVID-19 infection.

Objective: To undertake a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies assessing the effect of COVID-19 infection and mortality rates in hip fracture patients in the United Kingdom (UK) during the first surge of the pandemic.

Design: A systematic literature search of 9 online databases was undertaken independently by 2 reviewers using the Cochrane methodology for systematic reviews.

The coronavirus disease clavicle study: a predictor of future trauma trends.

Background: Clavicle fractures are a common presentation to the emergency department after falls and sporting injuries. During 2020, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic brought with it a long period of social isolation, resulting in a change of behavior patterns and, in return, the presentation of fractures to our local hospitals. The effects of this global pandemic on the presentation and management of clavicles were noted with particular interest to the change in mechanism and its future implications.

Novel reconstruction of an open pilon fracture with significant bone loss.

This is a case of how a polytrauma patient was managed successfully. This 47-year-old woman was a victim of a detonated improvised explosive device in a terror attack. She had multiple injuries and underwent damage control surgery.

The Role of Clinical Examination in Predicting Relevant MRI Findings in Acute Knee Injuries: A Retrospective Study.

The objective of this study was to delineate the usefulness of clinical examination and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in acute knee injuries. We aim to establish whether the time period post acute knee injury is related to the diagnostic accuracy of clinical examination and to investigate the strength of specific clinical examination findings in predicting a clinically relevant MRI abnormality. Seventy patients were referred to fracture clinic with an acute knee injury who subsequently went on to be investigated with MRI over 12 months.

A rare manifestation of a multisystemic disease: a case of vocal cord palsy secondary to sarcoidosis.

We describe a rare case of recurrent laryngeal nerve neuritis secondary to sarcoidosis. A 40-year-old woman presented with persistent dysphonia. This was her first episode of dysphonia with no reports of laryngeal trauma.