2025
Interprosthetic Femur Fractures: A Multi-Center Retrospective Study.
Landoch S, Foster J, Cannada L, Obremskey W, Will R, Fram B, Mears S, Stambough J, Stronach B, Brown H, Halvorson J, Andring N, Marenghi N, Dehghan N, Huynh T, Ryan S, Guenthner G, Shiinoki A, Fischman J, Rodriguez E, Moreno-Diaz A, Mika A, Chowdry F, Chen A, Zaidi Z, Miller A, Gutbrod J, Hofer E, Quatman C, Dumpe J, Denisiuk M, Sutherland M, Israel H, Matuszewski P, Aneja A. Interprosthetic Femur Fractures: A Multi-Center Retrospective Study. Journal Of Orthopaedic Trauma 2025 PMID: 40333724, DOI: 10.1097/bot.0000000000003003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInterprosthetic femur fracturesFull weight bearingAmbulation statusAssociated with higher risk of mortalityMortality ratePost-operative complicationsPost-operative outcomesAssociated with higher riskTreated with dual platingHigher risk of mortalityReturn to baseline functionFisher's exact testImpact patient outcomesTherapeutic Level IIIRisk of mortalityDual fixationChi-square testSurgical characteristicsMedian ageOperative fixationMedian timeUnivariate analysisExact testPrimary outcomeLevel III
2024
Deep infections after low-velocity ballistic tibia fractures are frequently polymicrobial and recalcitrant
Chintalapudi N, Fram B, Odum S, Seymour R, Karunakar M, , Hsu J, Kempton L, Phelps K, Sims S, Medda S, Sweeney J, Hickson K, Young C, Kamath P. Deep infections after low-velocity ballistic tibia fractures are frequently polymicrobial and recalcitrant. OTA International The Open Access Journal Of Orthopaedic Trauma 2024, 7: e345. PMID: 39363953, PMCID: PMC11449420, DOI: 10.1097/oi9.0000000000000345.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBody mass indexDeep infection rateTibia fracturesDeep infectionCephalosporin prophylaxisMass indexMedian body mass indexIsolated organismsFracture-related infectionAssociated with deep infectionLocal antibiotic treatmentSigns of infectionInfection rateAntibiotic prophylaxisSurgical characteristicsIntraoperative culturesPerioperative prophylaxisPolymicrobial infectionsNo significant differenceProphylactic cefazolinAntibiotic treatmentRecalcitrant infectionsTreatment optionsProphylaxisRisk factors
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