2019
What is Too Swollen? Correlation of Soft Tissue Swelling and Timing to Surgery with Acute Wound Complications for Operatively-Treated Lower Extremity Fractures
Riedel M, Parker A, Zheng M, Briceno J, Staffa S, Miller C, Kaiser P, Wu J, Zurakowski D, Kwon J. What is Too Swollen? Correlation of Soft Tissue Swelling and Timing to Surgery with Acute Wound Complications for Operatively-Treated Lower Extremity Fractures. Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics 2019, 4: 2473011419s00361. PMCID: PMC8697159, DOI: 10.1177/2473011419s00361.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWound complicationsTiming of surgeryLower extremity fracturesEdema indexExtremity fracturesRisk factorsAnkle fracturesTobacco historyPost-operative wound complicationsNon-modifiable risk factorsOverall wound complication ratePatient-specific risk factorsAcute wound complicationsWound complication riskIndependent risk factorWound complication rateSoft tissue edemaSoft-tissue swellingLower extremity traumaAssessment of swellingComplication rateContralateral extremityFracture careIndependent predictorsComplication riskSyndesmotic Fixation Utilizing a Novel Screw: A Retrospective Case Series Reporting Early Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes
Stenquist D, Velasco BT, Cronin PK, Briceño J, Miller CP, Riedel MD, Kwon JY. Syndesmotic Fixation Utilizing a Novel Screw: A Retrospective Case Series Reporting Early Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes. Foot & Ankle Specialist 2019, 13: 397-403. PMID: 31353946, DOI: 10.1177/1938640019866322.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRetrospective case seriesSyndesmotic fixationRadiographic outcomesCase seriesShort-term followFirst clinical dataAnkle fracturesAnatomical reductionRetrospective reviewPostoperative radiographsWeight bearingHardware removalBony erosionRadiographic parametersIntact screwsClinical dataSyndesmotic diastasisSyndesmotic disruptionInclusion criteriaLevel IVScrew breakageNovel screwAdequate fixationScrew looseningSimilar implantsCorrelation of Soft Tissue Swelling and Timing to Surgery With Acute Wound Complications for Operatively Treated Ankle and Other Lower Extremity Fractures
Riedel MD, Parker A, Zheng M, Briceno J, Staffa SJ, Miller CP, Kaiser PB, Wu JS, Zurakowski D, Kwon JY. Correlation of Soft Tissue Swelling and Timing to Surgery With Acute Wound Complications for Operatively Treated Ankle and Other Lower Extremity Fractures. Foot & Ankle International 2019, 40: 526-536. PMID: 30688533, DOI: 10.1177/1071100718820352.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWound complicationsTiming of surgeryLower extremity fracturesEdema indexAnkle fracturesExtremity fracturesRisk factorsComplication rateTobacco historyPatient-specific risk factorsAcute wound complicationsWound complication riskIndependent risk factorPostoperative wound complicationsProspective cohort studyWound complication rateNonmodifiable risk factorsSoft tissue edemaSoft-tissue swellingLower extremity traumaAssessment of swellingClosed ankleCohort studyContralateral extremityFracture care
2018
Consideration of Medial Anatomical Structures at Risk when Placing Quadricortical Syndesmotic Fixation
Kaiser P, Riedel M, Ghorbanhoseini M, Qudsi R, Kwon J. Consideration of Medial Anatomical Structures at Risk when Placing Quadricortical Syndesmotic Fixation. Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics 2018, 3: 2473011418s00275. DOI: 10.1177/2473011418s00275.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSaphenous neurovascular bundlePosterior tibialis tendonMedial distal tibiaSyndesmotic fixationLateral radiographsDistal tibiaQuadricortical fixationAnatomic courseTibialis tendonDistal extentFresh-frozen cadaveric feetAnterior tibialis tendonTrue lateral radiographsAnkle fracturesDistal tibialSurgical fixationMedial ankleNeurovascular bundleTibial shaftPosterior malleolusIatrogenic riskAnterior courseSuture buttonPlacement of hardwareNeurovascular structures