2018
Incidence of and Risk Factors for Knee Collateral Ligament Injuries With Proximal Tibia Fractures: A Study of 32,441 Patients.
Samuel AM, Diaz-Collado PJ, Szolomayer LK, Wiznia DH, Chan WW, Lukasiewicz AM, Basques BA, Bohl DD, Grauer JN. Incidence of and Risk Factors for Knee Collateral Ligament Injuries With Proximal Tibia Fractures: A Study of 32,441 Patients. Orthopedics 2018, 41: e268-e276. PMID: 29451942, DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20180213-03.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCollateral ligament injuriesProximal tibia fracturesLigament injuryTibia fracturesRisk factorsCollateral ligamentLateral collateral ligament injuryMedial collateral ligament injuryNational Trauma Data BankInpatient adverse eventsLonger hospital stayInjury Severity ScoreDistal femur fracturesChronic knee instabilityTrauma Data BankKnee collateral ligamentsHospital stayInpatient outcomesAdverse eventsSimultaneous injuryFemur fracturesSeverity scoreKnee instabilityHigher oddsMultivariate analysis
2016
Surgical Treatment of Femoral Neck Fractures After 24 Hours in Patients Between the Ages of 18 and 49 Is Associated With Poor Inpatient Outcomes
Samuel AM, Russo GS, Lukasiewicz AM, Webb ML, Bohl DD, Basques BA, Grauer JN. Surgical Treatment of Femoral Neck Fractures After 24 Hours in Patients Between the Ages of 18 and 49 Is Associated With Poor Inpatient Outcomes. Journal Of Orthopaedic Trauma 2016, 30: 89-94. PMID: 26429407, DOI: 10.1097/bot.0000000000000456.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInpatient adverse eventsCharlson Comorbidity IndexMinor adverse eventsSerious adverse eventsAdverse eventsFemoral neck fracturesDischarge dispositionComorbidity indexSurgical treatmentNeck fracturesSurgical interventionLevel I trauma centerNational Trauma Data BankPoor inpatient outcomesPrognostic Level IIRetrospective cohort studyHours of admissionI trauma centerHours of presentationLong-term outcomesTrauma Data BankYears of ageNonelderly patientsInpatient outcomesUnderwent surgery
2014
Variations in Data Collection Methods Between National Databases Affect Study Results
Bohl DD, Russo GS, Basques BA, Golinvaux NS, Fu MC, Long WD, Grauer JN. Variations in Data Collection Methods Between National Databases Affect Study Results. Journal Of Bone And Joint Surgery 2014, 96: e193. PMID: 25471919, DOI: 10.2106/jbjs.m.01490.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Surgical Quality Improvement ProgramSurgical Quality Improvement ProgramNationwide Inpatient SampleInpatient adverse eventsQuality Improvement ProgramInpatient SampleAdverse eventsNational databaseLumbar spinal fusion proceduresNon-morbid obesityAcute kidney injuryRetrospective cohort studyPeripheral vascular diseaseDemographic characteristicsCommon orthopaedic proceduresAdverse event dataSpinal fusion proceduresOrthopaedic researchKidney injuryCohort studySpecific comorbiditiesSimilar patientsVascular diseaseDatabase studyOrthopedic proceduresNationwide Inpatient Sample and National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Give Different Results in Hip Fracture Studies
Bohl DD, Basques BA, Golinvaux NS, Baumgaertner MR, Grauer JN. Nationwide Inpatient Sample and National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Give Different Results in Hip Fracture Studies. Clinical Orthopaedics And Related Research® 2014, 472: 1672-1680. PMID: 24615426, PMCID: PMC4016448, DOI: 10.1007/s11999-014-3559-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overComorbidityData MiningDatabases, FactualEvidence-Based MedicineFemaleFracture FixationHip FracturesHospitalizationHumansInpatientsLength of StayMaleMiddle AgedOutcome and Process Assessment, Health CarePostoperative ComplicationsPrevalenceQuality ImprovementQuality Indicators, Health CareReproducibility of ResultsRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesConceptsNational Surgical Quality Improvement ProgramNationwide Inpatient SampleSurgical Quality Improvement ProgramInpatient adverse eventsAcute kidney injuryPeripheral vascular diseaseAdverse eventsUrinary tract infectionQuality Improvement ProgramKidney injuryNSQIP databaseTract infectionsInpatient SampleVascular diseaseMethodsA retrospective cohort studyQuestions/PurposesThe purposeRetrospective cohort studyStatistical differenceTerms of comorbiditiesSurgical site infectionHip fracture studiesIntertrochanteric hip fracturesLength of stayGreat clinical importanceTerms of demographics