2021
Total Joint Arthroplasty in Patients With Achondroplasia: Comparison of 90-Day Adverse Events and 5-Year Implant Survival
Moore HG, Schneble CA, Kahan JB, Polkowski GG, Rubin LE, Grauer JN. Total Joint Arthroplasty in Patients With Achondroplasia: Comparison of 90-Day Adverse Events and 5-Year Implant Survival. Arthroplasty Today 2021, 11: 151-156. PMID: 34584919, PMCID: PMC8452593, DOI: 10.1016/j.artd.2021.08.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTotal joint arthroplastyAdverse eventsImplant survivalJoint arthroplastyFive-year implant survivalShort-term adverse eventsPrimary total hipSurgical site infectionLong-term implant successMultivariate logistic regressionTotal knee arthroplastyCommon skeletal dysplasiaMedical comorbiditiesSite infectionTotal hipPatient populationKnee arthroplastyAdministrative databasesHigher oddsLarge cohortGreater oddsPatientsImplant successSurvival curvesArthroplasty
2020
Open pronation abduction ankle fractures associated with increased complications and patient BMI
Kahan J, Brand J, Schneble C, Li D, Saad M, Kuether J, Yoo B. Open pronation abduction ankle fractures associated with increased complications and patient BMI. Injury 2020, 51: 1109-1113. PMID: 32151422, DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2020.02.065.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpen ankle fracturesAnkle fracturesFracture subtypesMore reoperationsKnee amputationSingle level one trauma centerLevel one trauma centerCurrent Procedural Terminology codesPercentage of patientsMechanism of injuryNumber of reoperationsRisk of complicationsBody mass indexNumber of patientsProcedural Terminology codesType of fracturePaucity of literatureMedical comorbiditiesAverage BMIOperative treatmentPatient BMIMass indexTrauma centerFracture groupInjury patterns