General Interest
Serologic and Nutritional Assessment of Nonunion: A Multicenter Investigation
Robert F. Ostrum, MD; Joshua Shapiro, MD; Matthew Stillwagon, MD; Seth R. Yarboro, MD; Kyle James Jeray, MD; Paul Tornetta III, MD; Paul Edward Matuszewski, MD; Feng-Chang Lin, PhD
Utility of Common Biomarkers for Diagnosing Infection in Nonunion: A Prospective Cohort Study
Mark R. Brinker, MD; Jenny Macek, PA-C; Warren Dunn, MD, MPH
Is It Time to Stop Routine Cultures in Low-Risk Nonunion Surgeries?
Ainsley Katherine Bloomer, BA, BS; Olivia Rice, MD; Louis Lewandowski, MD; Gisele Bailey; Amber Nicole Stanley, BS; Katheryn Marianne Peterson, BS; Matt Morris, BA; Susan Marie Odum, PhD; Ziqing Yu, MS; Meghan Wally, MSPH; Christine Churchill, BA; William T. Obremskey, MD, MPH; Elsa Beatriz Rodriguez, MD; Michael J. Bosse, MD; Laurence Kempton, MD; Kevin Daniel Phelps, MD; Rachel Seymour, PhD; Stephen H. Sims, MD; Madhav A. Karunakar, MD; Joseph R. Hsu, MD
Evaluation and Treatment of Pediatric Pelvic Ring Injuries
Elizabeth Park Davis, MD; Shiraz Ahmad Younas, MD; Milton L. Routt, MD
Outcomes of Pediatric Acetabular Fractures Managed Operatively: Results of a Consecutive Series of Patients from a Large Academic Medical Center
Clay A. Spitler, MD; Kyle Cichos, BS; Elie S. Ghanem, MD; Gerald McGwin, PhD
Decreasing Opioid Prescriptions Following Surgical Fixation in Orthopedic Trauma: The “Lopioid” Protocol
Kenneth A. Egol, MD; Emma Landes, BA; Philipp Leucht, MD; Nirmal C. Tejwani, MD; Abhishek Ganta, MD; Sanjit R. Konda, MD
There Might be a Difference! Type II (Beta) Error Rates of Randomized Trials in Orthopaedic Trauma
Nathan P. Olszewski, MD; Jeansol Kang, MD; Paul Tornetta III, MD
Surgical Fixation of Rib Fractures Improves 30-Day Survival After Significant Chest Injury in Polytrauma: An Analysis of 10 Years of Prospective National Registry Data from England and Wales
Simon John Craxford, MBBS; Ben Marson; Jessica Nightingale, BS; Alan Norrish, FRCS (Ortho), MBCHB, PhD; Daren Forward, MD; Benjamin Ollivere, MD, FRCS (Ortho), MA, MBBS
An Ultrasound Based Method for Detecting Elevated Muscle Compartment Pressures: A Prospective Clinical Pilot Study
Meir Tibi Marmor, MD; Matthew John Herring, MD; Erin Donohoe, MD; Jordan P. Barker, MD; Jacob Matz, MD
Conditionally Essential Amino Acid Supplementation Reduces Postoperative Complications and Muscle Wasting in Orthopaedic Trauma Patients
Nathan Hendrickson, MD; John Davison, MPH; Erin S. Wilson; Natalie Ann Glass, PhD; Aspen Miller, BS; Michael C. Willey, MD
Upper Extremity / Lower extremity
Displaced Midshaft Clavicle Fracture Union Can Be Accurately Predicted with a Delayed Assessment at 6 Weeks Following Injury: A Prospective Cohort Study
Jamie A. Nicholson, MBCHB, MRCSED; Nicholas D. Clement, MRCS Ed; Andrew David Clelland; Deborah Jane Macdonald, BA; Hamish Robert Wallace Simpson, ChB, DMed, FRCS, MA, MB; Christopher M. Robinson, MD
PROSPECT-Study: No Difference in Outcome of the Reverse Shoulder Fracture Prosthesis in Dislocated Proximal Humerus Fractures in Primary and Delayed Treatment
Leanne Stephanie Blaas, MD; Robert Jan Derksen, MD, MSc, PhD; Charlotte M. Lameijer, MD, PhD
Clinical and Radiographic Comparison of Splinting Constructs for Distal Radius Fracture: An Effort to Free the Elbow
Nicole Stevens, MD; Zoe Norris; Nirmal C. Tejwani, MD
Prospective Randomized Study on the Effectiveness of the Reduction of Extraarticular Distal Radius Fractures with Dorsal Displacement Under Haematoma Block versus Conscious Sedation
Walimuni Yohan Mendis Abeysekera, MBBS, MD, MRCS; Chandika Sarathchandra, MBBS
Single Versus Dual Incision Approach for Dual Plating of Bicondylar Tibial Plateau Fractures: No Difference in Deep Infection or Need for Revision Surgery
Theodore Guild, MD; Derek S. Stenquist, MD; Caleb Yeung, MD; Mitchel B. Harris, MD; Arvind Gabriel Von Keudell, MD; Raymond Malcolm Smith, MD
What is the Appropriate Time for ORIF of Tibial Plateau Fractures with an Ipsilateral Compartment Syndrome? A Multicenter Retrospective Review
Andrew G. Dubina, MD; George S. Morcos; Nathan N. O’Hara, MHA; Givenchy W. Manzano, MD; Heather A. Vallier, MD; Hassan Farooq, BS; Roman Natoli, MD; Donald Adams, DO, MS; William T. Obremskey, MD, MPH; Brandon G. Wilkinson, MD; Matthew Hogue MD; Justin Haller, MD; Lucas Scott Marchand, MD; Gavin Santini Hautala; Paul Edward Matuszewski, MD; Guillermo R. Pechero, BS; Joshua Layne Gary, MD; Christopher Doro, MD; Paul S. Whiting, MD; Michael James Chen, MD; Malcolm DeBaun, MD; Michael J. Gardner, MD; Alan W. Reynolds, MD; Gregory T. Altman, MD; Mitchel Obey, MD; Anna Noel Miller, MD, FACS; Douglas Haase, MD; Brent Wise, MD; Austin Wallace, MD; Jennifer Elizabeth Hagen, MD; Jeffrey A. O’Donnell, MD; Mark Gage, MD; Nicholas Johnson, MD; Madhav A. Karunakar, MD; Robert V. O’Toole, MD
Outcomes of Primary Wound Closure of Open Tibia and Fibula Fractures (Including Tibia Plateau and Ankle) with a Combined Orthopaedic and Plastic Surgery Approach
Kalina H. Hristova, MBBS, MRCS, MSc; Michael R. Whitehouse, PhD, FRCS (Tr & Ortho); Andrew Riddick, MBBS,FRCS (Ortho); Pei Ru Chew; Nada Al-Hadithy, MD; Thomas Wright, FRCS, MBCHB, MSc; Umraz Khan; Michael Kelly, MBBS, MD, FRCS (Ortho)
Fracture-Dislocations of the Knee Have a Lower Incidence of Neurovascular Injury and Better Long Term Functional Outcomes Than Previously Thought
Kristofer E. Chenard, MD; Mackenzie Bird; Leah Gonzalez, BS; Sanjit R. Konda, MD; Philipp Leucht, MD; Kenneth A. Egol, MD
Narcotics are Unnecessary for Pain Control in Patients with Tibial Plateau or Pilon Fractures
Isaac Fernandez, MD; Benjamin Randolph Childs, BS; Soumitra Lele; Rami Khalifa, MD, PhD; Michael Reich, MD; Mai P. Nguyen, MD
Hip/Femur
Implementation of a Novel MRI Protocol for Diagnosing Femoral Neck Fractures in High Energy Femur Fractures: One Year Outcomes
Nathan Brian Rogers, MD; Manickam Kumaravel, FRCS, MD; Joshua Layne Gary, MD; John Wesley Munz, MD; Timothy S. Achor, MD; Andrew Moon Choo, MD; Milton L. Routt MD; Stephen James Warner, MD, PhD
Does Fixation Implant or Vitamin D Supplementation Improve Patient Reported Function & Quality of Life inYoung Femoral Neck Fractures? Results from the FAITH-2 Trial
FAITH-2 Trial Investigators; Gerard Slobogean, MD, MPH, FRCSC
Outcomes of Fifty-one Femoral Neck Fractures in Young Adults Treated with a “Medial” Buttress Plate to Augment Traditional Fixation
Cory Alan Collinge, MD; Hassan Riaz Mir, MD, FACS, MBA; Michael T. Archdeacon, MD; Michael John Beltran, MD; Michael J. Gardner MD; Paul Tornetta III, MD; John Alan Scolaro, MD; John P. Ketz, MD; Jaimo Ahn, MD, PhD; Stephen A. Sems, MD; Chad Coles, MD; Brett D. Crist, MD; Andres Felipe Rodriguez-Buitrago, MD; Kyle James Jeray, MD; Patrick F. Bergin, MD; Joseph R. Hsu, MD; Andrew H. Schmidt, MD; Jesse Patton Robinette, MD; Walter W. Virkus, MD; Brian Mullis, MD; Timothy G. Weber, MD; Daniel Scott Horwitz, MD; Robert A. Hymes MD
Does Distal Locking of Intertrochanteric Fractures Treated with Long Intramedullary Nails Enhance Functional Recovery?
Hamid R. Mostafavi, MD; Lulu Wanlu Li BS; Paul Tornetta III, MD
A Comparison of Cemented versus Uncemented Hemiarthroplasty Outcomes in a Large US Integrated Health-Care System
Kanu M. Okike, MD, MPH; Priscilla Hannah Chan, MS; Heather Ann Prentice, PhD; Liz Paxton, MA; Robert Alan Burri, MD
Long-Term Patient Reported Outcomes After Total Hip Arthroplasty for Displaced Hip Fractures
Scott Middleton, MD; Rosemary Jane Hackney, MBBS; Neil David McNiven, MD; Raymond E. Anakwe, FRCS (Ortho), MBCHB; Paul John Jenkins, FRCS (Ortho), MBCHB, MD; Stuart Aitken, MD; John F. Keating; Matthew Moran, MSc, FRCS (Ortho)
Outcomes After fixation of Vancouver B-Type Periprosthetic Fractures with Loose Stems
Ameen Barghi, MD; Philip Hanna, MD; Nelson Merchan, MD; Aron Lechtig, MD; Michael John Weaver, MD; John J. Wixted MD; Paul T. Appleton MD; Edward Rodriguez MD
“You Have to Wait 48hrs” or Do We Really? No Difference in Mortality or Complication Rate for Patients on Direct Factor Xa Inhibitors Undergoing Hip Fracture Surgery
John Michael Yingling, DO; David Keller, DO; Deborah Li, BA; John Joseph Feldman, MD; Li Sun, DO; Frank A. Liporace, MD; Richard S. Yoon, MD
Evaluation of International Normalized Ratio (INR) Thresholds for Complications in Hip Fractures Treated with Intramedullary Nailing: Analysis of 20,800 Cases
Jerry Y. Du, MD; Nikunj Trivedi, MD; Noah Joseph, MD; Isaac Lapite; Heather A. Vallier, MD; George Ochenjele, MD