Preoperative Diagnosis of Depression Leads to Increased Opioid Tablets Taken After Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Prospective Study.

Balancing postoperative analgesia with minimizing opioid consumption remains a challenge. We aim to document trends in opioid consumption for patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty (THA) and hypothesize that preoperative patient education will decrease postoperative opioid consumption. This is a prospective study of patients undergoing elective primary THA.

Mobility Limitation After Surgery for Degenerative Pathology of the Ankle, Hindfoot, and Midfoot vs Total Hip Arthroplasty.

Background: Surgery for degenerative foot and ankle conditions often results in a lengthy recovery. Current outcome measures do not accurately assess postoperative mobility, especially in older patients. The Life-Space Assessment (LSA), a questionnaire quantifying patients' mobility after a medical event, was used in this study to assess perioperative mobility in total hip arthroplasty (THA) and foot and ankle surgery patients.

A comparison of computed tomography measures for diagnosing cervical spinal stenosis associated with myelopathy: a case-control study.

Study Design: Retrospective comparative study.

Purpose: To assess differences in computed tomography (CT) imaging parameters between patients with cervical myelopathy and controls.

Overview Of Literature: There is a lack of information regarding the best predictor of symptomatic stenosis based on osseous canal dimensions.

Early onset scoliosis: current concepts and controversies.

Early Onset Scoliosis (EOS) may be associated with long-term pulmonary morbidity, which is not commonly seen in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. Initial evaluation is based on determining any underlying etiology related to congenital or syndromic conditions. Assessing the impact of scoliosis on thoracic development may help guide treatment, which is often required at a young age in these children to prevent irreversible pulmonary insufficiency.

Preparing the lumbar intervertebral disk space for interbody procedures: a comparison between the traditional method and a new automated method.

Study Design: Cadaveric laboratory study.

Objective: To quantify and compare automated disk-space preparation with traditional methods.

Summary Of Background Data: Removal of nucleus pulposus to prepare a disk space for interbody fusion is performed with various techniques.

Multiple occult wrist bone injuries and joint effusions: prevalence and distribution on MRI.

This study aims (1) to assess the prevalence and distribution of multiple occult injuries of the carpal bones and the distal forearm in patients with wrist pain and negative radiographs following trauma and (2) to evaluate the distribution and significance of joint effusions in the wrists with multiple osseous injuries. One hundred and thirty-one subjects, 74 men and 57 women, were consecutively examined in two institutions. All were acute trauma patients with negative X-rays whose clinical examination suggested possible fracture at the wrist or the distal forearm.