Y. Zhang: Clinical epidemiology of orthopaedic trauma

The epidemiology of reoperations for orthopaedic trauma.

INTRODUCTION The Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS) has issued guidance regarding the use of reoperation rates in the revalidation of UK-based orthopaedic surgeons. Currently, little has been published concerning acceptable rates of reoperation following primary surgical management of orthopaedic trauma, particularly with reference to revalidation. METHODS A retrospective review was c...

Trauma and orthopaedic surgery

Clinical epidemiology and biostatistics: a primer for orthopaedic surgeons.

Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of disease frequency. In the fifth century BC, Hippocrates suggested that the development of human disease might be related to the external and internal environment of an individual. In the 1600s and 1800s in England, John Graunt and William Farr quantified vital statistics on the basis of birth and death records. In the 1850s, John...

What's New in Orthopaedic Trauma.

s of these 307 studies were reviewed in duplicate for final inclusion by one of us (P.A.C.). After abstract selection, 136 articles were divided among all authors according to their specialty focus for critical review. Thirty-eight manuscripts were discarded, leaving ninety-eight studies for final inclusion in this update. Consensus on the final studies was achieved. In this review, we summariz...

What's New in Orthopaedic Trauma