Postoperative Outcome of the Modified Broström Procedure in the Active Duty Military Population: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Ankle sprains are common injuries and typically treated conservatively. Chronic ankle instability, however, can require surgery when nonoperative measures fail. We evaluated the clinical outcomes of an active duty population in a retrospective study of patients who had undergone a modified Broström procedure at our facility from January 2010 through April 2014 by a single surgeon.

Three-Year Analysis of Value and Utilization After Development of an Ultrasound-Based Orthopedic Injection Clinic.

Introduction: Sonography is an effective method of diagnosing and treating musculoskeletal conditions, and the use of ultrasound has been shown to improve the accuracy, safety, and efficacy of both therapeutic and diagnostic injections. In 2012, we established an injection clinic at our institution to address our growing need for diagnostic and therapeutic injections.

Methods: We performed an analysis of value and utilization following the development of an orthopedic injection clinic.

Level I trauma center internal campaign to increase safe driving by staff.

A 3-month internal campaign at our trauma center was conducted to improve employee motor vehicle safety and have employees serve as community role models. The injury-prevention coordinator and trauma program manager developed and implemented a campaign of high-visibility events. Effectiveness was evaluated through pre- and postcampaign surveys and seat belt-use observation and observation at 1 year.

Effects of Chemical Control, Cultivar Resistance, and Structure of Cultivar Root System on Black Shank Incidence of Tobacco.

Black shank, caused by the hemibiotrophic oomycete Phytophthora parasitica var. nicotianae, is a major disease of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum). The rise of race 1 in the late 1990s, after extensive cropping of cultivars possessing the Php gene, confirming immunity to race 0 of P.