Longer Operative Time and the Use of Anticoagulants Are Associated With Increased Blood Loss in Elderly Patients Undergoing Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair.

Purpose: To study the effects of rotator cuff tear size, operation time, and the use of anticoagulant on blood loss in elderly patients undergoing arthroscopic rotator cuff surgery.

Methods: Patients aged older than 65 years who underwent arthroscopic rotator cuff repair with subacromial decompression at our hospital from January 2015 to December 2021 were identified. We measured hemoglobin levels preoperatively, postoperatively, and 7 days after surgery.

Clinical utility of skin perfusion pressure measurement in diabetic foot wounds: An observational study.

The degree of blood vessel stenosis significantly influences diabetic foot treatment. This study aimed to investigate the association between computed tomography angiography (CTA) stenosis and skin perfusion pressure (SPP), which are noninvasive vascular assessments used to evaluate diabetic foot wounds. Forty patients who reported diabetic foot wounds between November 2016 and December 2017 were included in the study.

Periprosthetic occult acetabular fracture: an unknown side effect of press-fit techniques in primary cementless total hip arthroplasty.

Background: This study sought to investigate the prevalence and risk factors of periprosthetic occult acetabular fracture occurring during cementless acetabular cup insertion in patients undergoing primary total hip arthroplasty (THA) and to assess the clinical consequences of these fractures.

Methods: A total of 232 hips (n = 205 patients) were included in this study. A periprosthetic occult acetabular fracture was defined as that which was unrecognised intraoperatively and was undetectable on post-operative radiographs yet was successfully diagnosed on post-operative computed tomography (CT) images.