POLYTRAUMA: OCCASIONAL DILEMMA FOR THE SINGLE SURGEON

Implant Removal Matrix for the Upper Extremity Orthopedic Surgeon

Orthopedic implant removal is a commonly performed procedure. While implant removal can be associated withimproved symptoms, risks of the surgery are notable. Stripped screws, broken and retained hardware, and morbidityassociated with soft tissue compromise during difficult removal are all common. Familiarity with the instruments iscritical to procedure success. The purpose of...

A Single-surgeon Series

Bone Joint J 2014;96-B:1298–1306. Received 18 December 2013; Accepted after revision 26 June 2014 We report a 12to 15-year implant survival assessment of a prospective single-surgeon series of Birmingham Hip Resurfacings (BHRs). The earliest 1000 consecutive BHRs including 288 women (335 hips) and 598 men (665 hips) of all ages and diagnoses with no exclusions were prospectively followed-up wit...

A Short Introduction to Clinical Photography for the Plastic Surgeon

Anticoagulation Strategies for the Orthopaedic Surgeon: Reversal and Timelines

Article Highlights: 1) This article provides a full anticoagulant reference for the practicing orthopaedic surgeon which can be used in any clinical scenario, whether urgent or elective surgical intervention is required 2) A comprehensive list of anticoagulant reversal agents and drugs with short half-lives (for bridging) are described with the intention to provide the data needed t...

The EuroSCORE does well for a single surgeon outside Europe.

Risk of death is a way to compare patient groups. A relationship between patient characteristics and in-hospital mortality can be established. Risk models designed at solitary institutions as well as models based on large multicentre databases are available. The letter by Mandel et al. has brought again the attention to the applicability of the EuroSCORE and other risk models to groups outside ...