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
2015
ICD-9 diagnosis codes have poor sensitivity for identification of preexisting comorbidities in traumatic fracture patients
Samuel AM, Lukasiewicz AM, Webb ML, Bohl DD, Basques BA, Davis KA, Grauer JN. ICD-9 diagnosis codes have poor sensitivity for identification of preexisting comorbidities in traumatic fracture patients. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2015, 79: 622-630. PMID: 26402537, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000000805.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsICD-9 diagnosis codesNational Trauma Data BankInjury Severity ScoreProximal tibia fracturesBilling codesTibia fracturesDiagnosis codesOdds ratioSurgeons National Trauma Data BankICD-9 billing codesTraumatic fracture patientsPrevious myocardial infarctionTrauma Data BankICD-9 diagnosisMultivariate logistic regressionLarge national databaseICD-9 codingAdministrative billing codesFracture patientsIndividual comorbiditiesPatient comorbiditiesComorbidity diagnosesProspective studyTrauma populationMyocardial infarctionAdverse Events, Length of Stay, and Readmission After Surgery for Tibial Plateau Fractures
Basques BA, Webb ML, Bohl DD, Golinvaux NS, Grauer JN. Adverse Events, Length of Stay, and Readmission After Surgery for Tibial Plateau Fractures. Journal Of Orthopaedic Trauma 2015, 29: e121-e126. PMID: 25162975, DOI: 10.1097/bot.0000000000000231.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSevere adverse eventsTibial plateau fracturesASA classPlateau fracturesInfectious complicationsAdverse eventsPulmonary diseaseBicondylar fracturesExtended LOSMale sexSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseTibial plateau fracture patientsQuality Improvement Program databaseDependent functional statusPrognostic Level IIPercent of patientsImprovement Program databaseShort-term outcomesLength of stayAnesthesiologists classFracture patientsPatient characteristicsOpen reductionOperative time