2024
ACE Inhibitor Use Does Not Significantly Affect Occurrence of Manipulation Under Anesthesia Following Total Knee Arthroplasty
Frederick J, Gazgalis A, Peterson J, Hickernell T, Cooper H, Shah R, Geller J, Neuwirth A. ACE Inhibitor Use Does Not Significantly Affect Occurrence of Manipulation Under Anesthesia Following Total Knee Arthroplasty. Journal Of Orthopaedic Experience & Innovation 2024, 5 DOI: 10.60118/001c.89993.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAngiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitorsAngiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor medicationRange of motionPost-operative stiffnessTotal knee arthroplastyAmerican Society of Anesthesiologists classACE inhibitor useConverting enzyme inhibitorsStudent's t-testAttenuated fibroblast proliferationKnee arthroplastyChi-square testScar tissue formationInhibitor useNo significant differenceCohort patientsChart reviewControl patientsPost-operativelyFollow-upControl cohortCommon medicationsOdds ratioPatientsEnzyme inhibitors
2023
The Bikini Approach is Safe and Effective for Direct Anterior Approach THA
Weiner T, Neuwirth A, Geller J, Shah R, Hickernell T, Cooper H. The Bikini Approach is Safe and Effective for Direct Anterior Approach THA. The Journal Of Hip Surgery 2023, 07: 081-085. DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1769085.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSurgical site complicationsDirect anterior approachBikini incisionMechanical complicationsNonobese patientsObese patientsLongitudinal incisionIncision orientationRate of reoperationTensor fasciae lataeChi-square testDAA-THAChart reviewAnterior approachSingle surgeonSite complicationsEntire cohortPrimary THAHip arthroplastyStudy groupComplicationsPatientsFasciae lataeReoperationIncision