Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery
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Arch Orthop Trauma Surg · Sep 2019
Long-term physical functioning and quality of life after pelvic ring injuries.
Pelvic ring injuries are serious injuries, often associated with substantial morbidity and mortality rates. The long-term consequences of these injuries might affect the patients' personal life. Our aim was to assess the long-term effects of pelvic ring injuries on physical functioning and quality of life (QoL) using validated patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) and comparing these results to normative data from the general population. ⋯ Long-term physical functioning and QoL in patients who had sustained a pelvic ring injury seems fair, although significantly decreased in comparison with their peers from the general population.
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Arch Orthop Trauma Surg · Sep 2019
Occurrence of never events after total joint arthroplasty in the United States.
Total joint arthroplasty (TJA) is a major orthopedic procedure associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. Never events (NEs) are harmful hospital-acquired conditions (HACs) that are preventable. ⋯ These data demonstrated that NE in TJA patients was predictive of an increased mortality, length of hospital stay, and hospitalization costs. This study established baseline NE rates in the TJA patient population to use as benchmarks and identified target areas for quality improvement in US.
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Arch Orthop Trauma Surg · Sep 2019
Histological score for degrees of severity in an implant-associated infection model in mice.
Several scores were introduced to diagnose and to classify osteomyelitis in practice. Mouse models are often used to study the pathophysiology of bone infection and to test therapeutic strategies. Aim of the present study was to design a score to diagnose and quantify implant-associated infection in a murine experimental model. ⋯ The proposed score assessing severity of fracture-related infection in an implant-associated murine model was easy to access, feasible to diagnose and estimate bone healing and infection in a murine bone infection with a high sensitivity. Therefore, this score might be a useful tool to quantify infection-related changes after fracture in further future preclinical studies.