Methods: All patients at a single level one trauma center who received operative treatment for an ankle fracture between February 2012 to January 2019 were retrospectively identified using Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes. Patients with open PA ankle fractures were identified. Demographic data...
A fracture with bone penetrating the skin and exposed to the air is known as a ___ fracture. A. open. B. closed. C. comminuted. D. complex. Review the range of cpt codes 13100 through 13102. What is the correct code assignment for a 7.7 cm wound repair of ch...
FRACTURE fixationCategory: Hindfoot; Ankle Arthritis Introduction/Purpose: Subtalar arthrodesis (STA) is a common procedure used to correct rigid, arthritic hindfoot deformity. The deformity is often able to be corrected through the subtalar arthrodesis-site, however in severe defo...
FRACTURE fixationLISFRANC joint injuriesCategory: Midfoot/Forefoot; Trauma Introduction/Purpose: Lisfranc fracture-dislocation is an uncommon but serious injury that currently lacks universal consensus on optimal operative treatment. Two common fixation methods are open reduction and inte...
ankle fracturetraumaBackground: Little is known regarding the association of operative time with adverse events following foot and ankle surgery. This study tests whether greater operative time is associated with the occurrence of adverse events following open reduction and internal ...
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TOTAL ankle replacementANKLEBONEDISEASE risk factorsCategory: Ankle Arthritis; Ankle Introduction/Purpose: Predictors of intra operative and early complications following total ankle replacement (TAR) become more important as the incidence and indications for TAR continue to expand. Tala...
Etiologies were broadly grouped as Pilon/Plafond fracture, ankle fracture, talus fracture, tibia fracture, single or recurrent sprains, infection/septic joint, systemic disorder (Charcot arthropathy, rheumatoid arthritis, hemophilic arthropathy), and idiopathic/primary osteoarthritis. Each ...
Patients were identified by CPT codes. Hardcastle and Myerson Lisfranc injury classifications and computed tomography and radiograph characterizations of the first TMT joint were identified by three foot and ankle trained orthopaedic surgeons. Light's kappa statistics (mean weighted Co...