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Filter by:This study aims to determine the effect of tele-nursing application based on Orem's Self-care Theory on self-care agency and daily living activities in trauma-related lower extremity fracture surgery patients.
Traction pin placement is a common way to temporarily manage femur fractures and unstable acetabular fractures while awaiting surgery. Skeletal traction is thought to reduce patient discomfort by improving fracture alignment as well as relaxing muscle spasm pain felt from the broken bone by stretching out the leg. Skeletal traction may also help prevent articular surface damage in the hip by decreasing joint pressure. Despite the benefits of skeletal traction, insertion of the traction pin can be a painful and unpleasant experience for the patient. Our study hopes to see if listening to music with headphones during insertion of the traction pin decrease patient pain and anxiety.
This is a Phase III clinical randomized control trial to investigate differences between patient with an infected nonunion treated by PO vs. IV antibiotics. The study population will be 250 patients, 18 years or older, being treated for infected nonunion after internal fixation of a fracture with a segmental defect less than one centimeter. Patients will be randomly assigned to either the treatment (group 1) PO antibiotics for 6 weeks or the control group (group 2) IV antibiotics for 6 weeks. The primary hypothesis is that the effectiveness of oral antibiotic therapy is equivalent to traditional intravenous antibiotic therapy for the treatment of infected nonunion after fracture internal fixation, when such therapy is combined with appropriate surgical management. Clinical effectiveness will be measured as the primary outcome as the number of secondary re-admissions related to injury and secondary outcomes of treatment failure (re-infection, nonunion, antibiotic complications) within the first one year of follow-up, as defined by specified criteria and determined by a blinded data assessment panel. In addition, treatment compliance, the cost of treatment, the number of surgeries required, the type and incidence of complications, and the duration of hospitalization will be measured.
Ultrasound-guided popliteal sciatic nerve block is a widely practiced technique to provide anesthesia or analgesia for below-knee surgeries. One study named the space between paraneural sheath and epimysium of sciatic nerve as the subparaneural space. It has been reported that injection into the subparaneural space has several advantages (improved the quality of the sensory block and resulted in a longer block duration) over conventional perineural injection. The investigators conducted this prospective randomized study to test the hypothesis that, during ultrasound-guided single popliteal sciatic nerve block, diffusion length of local anesthetics in the subparaneural space could predict anesthetic effect and duration of analgesia. The results of this study will develop a novel indicator to facilitate personalized medicine for patients receiving sciatic block.
The purpose of this research study is to evaluate effects of respiratory strengthening exercises on breathing function, in people who have orthopedic surgery. It is known that breathing function decreases for a few days after surgery. in In this study, we want to see if exercising before surgery strengthens the breathing muscles and improves recovery after surgery.
It is important to recognize the potential for renal injury and be cognizant of this during the management of complex trauma patients. The primary aim of this study is to investigate the necessity of aminoglycoside usage for patients with open lower extremity fractures. Hypothesis: adding aminoglycoside on top of cephalosporin in treating lower extremity fracture will make no significant difference in term of clinical outcomes when compared to cephalosporin alone.
This study was done to evaluate the efficacy of Tranexamic Acid (TXA) in reducing blood transfusion requirement in patients of lower limb trauma undergoing surgery.
Injuries remain the most frequent cause of mortality in children and young people. Studies with: telephysiotherapy programmes have published results of effectiveness, validity, non-inferiority and important advantages, providing an opportunity to define new health and social intervention policies. In rural regions such as Anantapur, there are few physiotherapists compared to the potential need; innovative strategies are needed to improve access to more specialised physiotherapy care. There is also a significant paucity of studies in low resources geographies, making this research highly justified. This research is a quasi-experimental multicentre pre-post intervention pilot study in a population aged 5-16 years with a diagnosis of lower limb fracture in Anantapur (India). The main objective is to assess the feasibility and efficacy of using a 4-week personalised telephone therapy programme, as well as adherence, identify barriers to use and satisfaction with the intervention. Subjects will receive a baseline assessment (T0-pre) obtaining data on Physical Function (TUG), Functional Independence (FIM), Activities of Daily Living (ADL) and Quality of Life (ISF-12). At the end of the intervention (T1-post) a new evaluation of the outcome variables will be carried out by adding data on adherence, barriers to use and satisfaction (ad hoc questionnaire and TSQ). This research should provide insights into the possibility of implementing telephone therapy programmes in hospital settings in low resources areas.
The objective of the present study is to evaluate the effectiveness of post-operative radiation therapy in lower extremity bone metastases. This trial will compare the health outcomes of patients receiving radiation therapy after Orthopaedic surgery to patients who will not receive radiation therapy post-surgery. The primary objective of the study is to compare the need for a subsequent surgery at the same treatment site within 12 months of the initial surgery. Additionally, the need for radiation or re-irradiation, functional status, performance status, pain scores, radiologically detected local disease progression, and overall length of survival will be compared at clinical endpoints for the two study arms. It is hypothesized that those randomized to receive post-operative radiation therapy will less likely need a subsequent surgery within the 12 months after the primary surgical intervention. This may optimize the quality of life for this patient population.
The specific aim of this study is to determine the impact of the addition of a dedicated mobility technician to the care team on specialty specific outcomes for patients recovering from surgical treatment for a hip or lower extremity long bone fracture or a lung transplant. The practice of post-operative early ambulation has been shown to improve outcomes by promoting enhanced recovery after surgery in a variety of patients. To that end, VUMC is establishing a "Culture of Mobility". To do so, additional personnel are being hired to help ambulate patients with traumatic hip and femur fractures, other fractures of the lower extremity long bones, as well as those post-lung transplant or readmitted post-lung transplant based upon the best available evidence supporting mobility programs. The added personnel are needed as the currently available resources have insufficient bandwidth to ensure complete early ambulation for all patients. The relative effectiveness of adding a dedicated resource is assumed. Although the literature suggests adding person-hours increases the amount of mobility achieved, there is an opportunity to evaluate whether this is really the case. The goal of this study is to evaluate the impact of adding the mobility technician to the existing care team. The mobility technician will be assisting patients who could benefit from early ambulation after surgery. We hypothesize that by adding this staffing resource, more patients will get the appropriate level of usual care. Specifically, we expect that adding the resource increases the proportion of those patients who are receiving the prescribed amount of early ambulation post-surgery, with subsequent improvements in functional independence at discharge, and decreases length of stay since patients achieve readiness for discharge sooner.