• Filter By:
• Specialty
• Source
• Condition
• Cancer
• Infectious Disease
• Drug
• Training
• Management
• Procedure
• Therapy
• Vaccine
• Nutrition
• Country

Short-term Medical Complications Following Short Versus Long Cephalomedullary Nails.
Abstract The purpose of this retrospective cohort study was to evaluate whether there is an increased rate of short-term medical complications following short vs long cephalomedullary nails for the treatment of intertrochanteric hip fractures. A total of 899 patients treated surgically with cephalomedullary nails from January 1, 2005, to September 1, 2014, were included. Patients who received short nails (n=334) were older and had a higher incidence of coronary artery disease and diabetes mellitus compared with patients who received long nails (n=565). The incidences of 30-day medical complications, including myoc...
Source: Orthopedics - July 16, 2018 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Liu J, Frisch NB, Mehran N, Qatu M, Guthrie ST Tags: Orthopedics Source Type: research

Perioperative stroke in patients undergoing elective spinal surgery: a retrospective analysis using the Japanese diagnosis procedure combination database
Conclusions: Perioperative stroke occurred in 0.22 % of patients undergoing spinal surgery. Resection of a spinal cord tumor was associated with increased risk of perioperative stroke as well as advanced age, comorbidities at admission, cervical spine surgery, surgery in a teaching hospital, and length of stay.
Source: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders - October 2, 2015 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Junichi OhyaHirotaka ChikudaTakeshi OichiHiromasa HoriguchiKatsushi TakeshitaSakae TanakaHideo Yasunaga Source Type: research