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tter outcomes than internal fixation in terms of reoperation rate, complications, and postoperation pain.

Therapeutic Level I. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.

Therapeutic Level I. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.Despite meticulous surgical care and systemic antibiotics, open fracture wounds have high rates of infection leading to increased morbidity. To reduce infection rates, orthopaedic surgeons may administer local antibiotics using various carriers that may be ineffective due to poor antibiotic release from carriers, subsequent surgery to remove nondegradable carriers, and mismatch between release kinetics and material degradation. Biofilms form rapidly as bacteria that are within the wound multiply quickly and transform from the antibiotic-susceptible planktonic phenotype to the antibiotic-tolerant biofilm phenotype. This tolerance to antibiotics can occur within hours. Currently, local antibiotics are placed in the wounds using a carrier such as polymethylmethacrylate beads; however, this occurs after surgical debridement that can be hours to even a day after initial injury allowing bacteria enough time to form a biofilm that makes the antibiotic containing polymethylmethacrylate beads less effective. In contrast, emerging practices in elective surgical procedures, such as spine fusion, place antibiotic powder (e.g. vancomycin) in the wound at the time of closure. This has been shown to be extremely effective, presumably because of the very small-time period between potential contamination and local antibiotic application. There is evidence that suggests that the ineffectiveness of local antibiotic use in open fractures is primarily due to the delay in application of local antibiotics from the time of injury and propose a concept of topical antibiotic powder application in the prehospital or emergency department setting.

The purpose of this study was to compare management of compartment syndrome at academic and community trauma centers and to identify any institutional variables that influence the number of adverse events reported to the hospital's peer review process.

Web-based survey.

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Orthopedic Trauma Association (OTA) members.

A link to a 9-item web-based questionnaire was sent to members of the OTA.

Two hundred twenty-four (21%) of 1031 OTA members completed the survey. find more Respondents indicated that residents were primarily responsible for checking compartments at academic trauma centers (91%), while community trauma centers reported higher utilization rates of ortho attendings (81%), trauma attendings (26%), and nurses (27%). Seventy-five percent of respondents at academic trauma centers relied on intra-compartmental pressure monitoring to make the diagnosis in intubated/obtunded patients as opposed to just 56% of respondents at community centers. Seventy percent of all respondents utilizing prophylactic f resources they have available to reduce adverse events.

Therapeutic Level V.

Therapeutic Level V.

To determine the effectiveness and describe the technique of using the Surgical Implant Generation Network (SIGN) nail to augment tibiotalocalcaneal (TTC) arthrodesis in the developing world.

Retrospective review of the SIGN database and description of surgical technique.

Two centers in rural Kenya, East Africa.

Fifty-seven patients with ankle/hindfoot arthritis or severe trauma. We were able to follow 17 through complete arthrodesis.

TTC arthrodesis stabilized with SIGN nail.

Radiographic arthrodesis and return to function.

Of the patients with significant follow-up, arthrodesis occurred in an average of 19.3 ± 7.5 weeks from the date of surgery.

Recognizing the obstacles to follow-up, the SIGN nail placed with the Herzog curve apex posterior is shown to be an effective device to stabilize a TTC arthrodesis in a limited subgroup of patients with full follow-up.

Recognizing the obstacles to follow-up, the SIGN nail placed with the Herzog curve apex posterior is shown to be an effective device to stabilize a TTC arthrodesis in a limited subgroup of patients with full follow-up.

To explore the correlation between ischiocavernosus muscle injury (ICMI) with different types of pelvic fractures and erectile dysfunction (ED) after pelvic fracture.

Retrospective analysis of a prospective database.

The study was carried out at the affiliated hospital of Zunyi Medical University.

A total of 776 male patients with pelvic fracture, aged 18 to 67 years, were recruited for this study by retrospective analysis, and based on the diagnosis of ED and the presence of ICMI, the participants were divided into ED and non-ED groups as well as ICMI and non-ICMI groups.

No.

ICMI, the type of pelvic fracture, International Index of Erectile Function-5 scores. Computed tomography/magnetic resonance imaging scans, electromyography (motor unit potential) was used to diagnose ICMI.

The International Index of Erectile Function-5 score was 19.7 ± 5.9. The incidence of ED was 27.3%, the duration time of ED was 30 ± 23 months, and the incidence of reversible ED was 39.6% and of irreversible ED was 60.physis separation may be the main causes of ICMI. Unilateral ICMI may be the main risk factor for transient ED, and bilateral ICMI may be the main risk factor for permanent ED.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate potential differences in time to surgery, bleeding risk, wound complications, length of stay, transfusion rate, and 30-day mortality between patients anticoagulated with direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) and those not anticoagulated at the time of evaluation for an acute hip fracture.

Retrospective chart review Level III Study.

One university-based hospital in Rochester, NY.

Patients 65 years and older undergoing operative treatment of a hip fracture over a 5-year period. Chart review identified patients on DOAC therapy at the time of injury as well as an age and sex-matched control group not on anticoagulation.

Demographics, procedure type, admission/postoperative laboratory work, perioperative metrics, transfusion metrics, discharge course, reoperation, readmission, wound complications, and 30-day mortality were obtained for comparison.

Thirty-six hip fractures anticoagulated on DOACs were compared to 108 controls. The DOAC group had delays to operative treatment (27.