PurposeCarpometacarpal (CMC) arthroplasty is an effective surgical treatment for osteoarthritis of the CMC joint. Risk factors readmission and reoperation have been studied other joint procedures but not yet arthroplasty. The purpose this study was to identify patient demographics comorbidities associated with 30-day after arthroplasty.MethodsThe American College Surgeons National Surgical Qual...

Reported here are two cases of delayed postsurgical brucella abscess within the cranium, treated successfully by reoperation and appropriate medical therapy. Both patients had an occupational exposure to the pathogenic organism. Systemic symptoms of brucellosis became manifest postoperatively in case I and were present in case II long before operation. The diagnosis was confirmed by serolog...

STUDY DESIGN Retrospective case series. OBJECTIVE The purpose of our study was to retrospectively review the results of posterior lumbar fusion using polyetheretherketone (PEEK) rods. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Pedicle screw and rod instrumentation has become the preferred technique for performing stabilization and fusion in the lumbar spine for degenerative disease. Rigid fixation with tit...