2024
Complications after low-velocity ballistic femur fractures: a series of 104 patients at a level 1 trauma center
Fram B, Chintalapudi N, Davis J, Yu Z, Seymour R, Karunakar M, Collective E, Hsu J, Kempton L, Phelps K, Sims S, Medda S, Odum S, Wally M, Sweeney J, Hickson K, Young C, Kamath P. Complications after low-velocity ballistic femur fractures: a series of 104 patients at a level 1 trauma center. OTA International The Open Access Journal Of Orthopaedic Trauma 2024, 8: e353. PMID: 39703728, PMCID: PMC11654790, DOI: 10.1097/oi9.0000000000000353.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRisk of complicationsComplication rateFemur fracturesProphylactic antibioticsDuration of prophylactic antibioticsAssociated with increased risk of complicationsRisk factors of complicationsDeep surgical site infectionAssociated with increased complicationsIncreased risk of complicationsPatients aged 18+ yearsCase of compartment syndromeAcademic level I trauma centerAll-cause complicationsAssociated with increased riskFactors of complicationsHospital length of staySurgical site infectionRate of complicationsLevel I trauma centerLevel 1 trauma centerRate of vascular complicationsStandard of careAged 18+ yearsLength of stay
2021
Immediate Weight-Bearing and Range of Motion After Internal Fixation of Selected Malleolar Fractures: A Retrospective Controlled Study
Fram BR, Rogero RG, Chang G, Krieg JC, Raikin SM. Immediate Weight-Bearing and Range of Motion After Internal Fixation of Selected Malleolar Fractures: A Retrospective Controlled Study. Journal Of Orthopaedic Trauma 2021, 35: 308-314. PMID: 33177430, DOI: 10.1097/bot.0000000000002003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpen reduction internal fixationLoss of reductionMalleolar fracturesRange of motionTrauma centerInternal fixationSyndesmosis fixationPosterior malleolusAnkle open reduction internal fixationPrimary open reduction internal fixationLevel 1 urban trauma centerRetrospective case-control studyLevel 1 trauma centerFuture prospective randomized studiesCharleston Comorbidity IndexProspective Randomized StudyImmediate weight bearingReduction internal fixationBody mass indexMalleolar ankle fracturesOrthopedic specialty hospitalTherapeutic Level IIIUrban trauma centerCase-control studyNonoperative complications
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