An assessment of the clinical relevance of coracoid graft osteolysis following the Latarjet procedure: a clinical and radiological review.

Background: The Latarjet procedure was developed for the treatment of anterior shoulder instability in young, high-demand patients with attritional glenoid bone loss, whose risk of redislocation following primary dislocation may exceed 90%. Coracoid graft osteolysis and prominent screws are commonly observed in late computed tomography (CT) scans of patients who re-present following the procedure, but the clinical relevance of osteolysis in the overall Latarjet cohort is undetermined. We aimed to evaluate clinical and radiological outcomes in patients who underwent the Latarjet procedure, and to determine if severe coracoid graft osteolysis compromised clinical outcomes.

The Microbiology of Knee Prosthetic Joint Infection and its Influence on Persistent Infection.

Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a severe complication causing a significant burden. The study aims were to establish the epidemiology of microorganisms in TKA PJI, the rate of persistent infection requiring further surgery, and the risk factors for this. Microbiological specimens between June 2002 and March 2017 at five regional hospital sites were identified with revision TKA procedures in the National Joint Replacement Registry.

Incidence of multiple organ failure in adult polytrauma patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Postinjury multiple organ failure (MOF) is the leading cause of late death in trauma patients. Although MOF was first described 50 years ago, its definition, epidemiology, and change in incidence over time are poorly understood. We aimed to describe the incidence of MOF in the context of different MOF definitions, study inclusion criteria, and its change over time.

The COVID-19 pandemic and trade in agricultural products.

In this study, we develop a structural gravity model to analyse the effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on international trade in food and agriculture. Using detailed data on trade flows, we estimate the trade impacts of the pandemic for major sectors in food and agriculture. Supply-side impacts on trade caused by reductions in labour tend to be largest in labour-intensive sectors such as meat processing and processed fruit and vegetables.

The Effects of COVID-19 on Fruit and Vegetable Production.

COVID-19 has had unprecedented effects on the US economy, in large part because of its effects on workers. Within food and agriculture, these effects pose the greatest threat to the production of labor-intensive commodities-in particular, fruits and vegetables, the production of which tends to require large numbers of workers for harvesting and packing. We econometrically estimate the effects of COVID-19 on fruit and vegetable production as the US agricultural labor supply is adversely affected by this pandemic.