2023
Risk of Contralateral Hip Fracture Following Initial Hip Fracture Among Geriatric Fragility Fracture Patients
Ratnasamy P, Rudisill K, Oghenesume O, Riedel M, Grauer J. Risk of Contralateral Hip Fracture Following Initial Hip Fracture Among Geriatric Fragility Fracture Patients. JAAOS Global Research And Reviews 2023, 7: e23.00001. PMID: 37428152, PMCID: PMC10332831, DOI: 10.5435/jaaosglobal-d-23-00001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsContralateral hip fractureInitial hip fractureKaplan-Meier survival analysisGeriatric hip fracturesHip fractureSurvival analysisFragility fracture patientsIndex hip fractureHip fracture fixationKaplan-Meier analysisBody mass indexMultivariate logistic regressionFracture patientsContralateral fractureIndependent predictorsGeriatric patientsHigh morbidityMass indexPatient mortalityFemale sexNational cohortRisk factorsFracture fixationMultivariate analysisLogistic regression
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 risk