2022
Ninety-Day Emergency Department Visits After Ankle Fracture Surgery
Kammien A, Ratnasamy P, Joo P, Grauer J. Ninety-Day Emergency Department Visits After Ankle Fracture Surgery. Journal Of The American Academy Of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2022, 31: e51-e57. PMID: 36548157, DOI: 10.5435/jaaos-d-22-00484.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnkle fracture surgeryElixhauser comorbidity index scoreComorbidity Index scoreED visitsED utilizationFracture surgeryPostoperative weekRisk factorsSurgical siteIndex scoreIncidence of readmissionEmergency department visitsDay of surgeryMultivariate logistic regressionORIF patientsPatient ageAnkle fracturesDepartment visitsOpen reductionConcomitant fracturesMedicaid insuranceEntire cohortEmergency departmentInternal fixationCare pathway
2021
COVID-positive ankle fracture patients are at increased odds of perioperative surgical complications following open reduction internal fixation surgery
Mercier MR, Galivanche AR, Brand JP, Pathak N, Medvecky MJ, Varthi AG, Rubin LE, Grauer JN. COVID-positive ankle fracture patients are at increased odds of perioperative surgical complications following open reduction internal fixation surgery. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0262115. PMID: 34972190, PMCID: PMC8719674, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262115.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-positive patientsAnkle fracture surgeryPerioperative adverse eventsAdverse eventsAnkle fracture patientsFracture surgeryFracture patientsOperative interventionAnkle fracturesPropensity matchingCOVID statusOpen reduction internal fixation surgeryPerioperative adverse outcomesPerioperative surgical complicationsMinor adverse eventsPostoperative adverse eventsSerious adverse eventsChronic kidney diseaseCOVID-19 Research DatabaseLong-term outcomesInternal fixation surgeryBasis of agePropensity-score matchingPostoperative complicationsNegative patients