Isolated Hamate Dislocation: A Case Report and Technique Guide.

Introduction: Isolated hamate dislocation is a rare case with potentially devastating complications, given the resultant instability of the carpus following the injury. This has been reported in the literature before with varying constructs and varying results but never with an internal bracing construct and early rehabilitation.

Case Report: A 26-year-old male injured his left hand in an all-terrain vehicle accident.

Predictive Factors of Extended Length of Hospital Stay Following Total Joint Arthroplasty in a Veterans Affairs Hospital Population.

Background: Improved perioperative care for total joint arthroplasty (TJA) procedures has resulted in decreased hospital length of stay (LOS), including effective discharge on postoperative day (POD) 1 in many patients. It remains unclear what contributes to discharge delay in patients that are not discharged on POD 1. This study investigated factors associated with delayed discharge in patients whose original planned discharge was on POD 1.

Passive gravitational sedimentation of peripheral blood increases the sensitivity of microscopic detection of malaria.

Objective: To determine if passive gravitational sedimentation of blood samples, followed by buffy coat thin smear preparation could increase the sensitivity of malaria diagnosis when compared to conventional thin smear preparation without the additional cost of centrifuges or molecular diagnostics.

Methods: Blood samples were collected from 205 patients. Each patient sample was analyzed using all three methods of sample preparation.