Pneumothorax and Timing to Safe Air Travel.

Current guidelines regarding the time to flight after an acquired pneumothorax have been generally accepted and in place for years. The majority of these typically advise holding off on air travel until the complete resolution of a pneumothorax. Over the past decade, however, there has been an increase in the amount of literature focusing on this subject and challenging this well-held dogma.

Resistance Training in Patients After Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery: Protocol for a Systematic Review.

Background: Resistance training has been consistently shown to have multiple health benefits, especially for patients who have undergone bariatric surgery. Patients who have undergone bariatric surgery are recommended to participate in resistance exercise; however, protocols and guidelines for resistance training remain poorly implemented.

Objective: This is a protocol for a systematic review and possibly a meta-analysis that will synthesize evidence of the effects of resistance exercise on changes in body composition, muscular strength, overall weight loss or maintenance of weight loss, and quality of life in patients after metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS).

Suture Button versus Screw Fixation for Distal Tibiofibular Injury and Expected Value Decision Analysis.

Patient preference for fixation technique of syndesmotic injury in the presence of an ankle fracture is not known. This study followed a five-step process for expected value decision analysis: decision tree, outcome probabilities, expected patient values, foldback analysis, and sensitivity analysis. Outcome variables were "well" (cases that did not require further procedures or suffer any complications related to surgery), surgical site infection (SSI), loss of reduction (LOR), hardware removal (HWR), and malreduction.

Factors associated with return to duty and need for subsequent procedures after calcaneus open reduction internal fixation in the military.

Introduction: Calcaneus fractures can be devastating injuries, and operative treatment is fraught with complications. We are unaware of any studies evaluating all calcaneus fractures, both open and closed, treated operatively in the military. The purpose of this study is to evaluate all calcaneus fractures that required open reduction internal fixation to determine soldiers' ability to return to work and the need for additional surgeries.

Impact of the Fascia Iliaca Block on Pain, Opioid Consumption, and Ambulation for Patients With Hip Fractures: A Prospective, Randomized Study.

Objectives: To determine the effect of the fascia iliaca block (FIB) on patients undergoing surgery for hip fractures.

Design: Prospective, randomized controlled trial.

Setting: Level I trauma center.