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Filter by:The purposes of this study are to determine the benefits of a pre-operative aerobic exercise program and an 8-week postoperative aerobic exercise program with a portable upper extremity cycle-ergometer in patients with hip fracture.
The purpose of this prospective cohort study is to evaluate the opiate prescribing patterns post open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) of wrist and ankle fractures at the Ottawa Hospital. The primary objective would be to examine the quantity and duration of opiates consumed by the study population, as well as the participant's overall satisfaction with pain control. the investigators will assess whether there is a discrepancy between the quantity of pills prescribed and what is being consumed. With the data collected, the secondary objective would be to create a standardized pain prescription, which the investigators would implement in the second phase of this prospective study. Opiate pills consumed, pain satisfaction and left-over narcotics would again be assessed. The overall goal of this study is to produce an appropriate standardized post-operative prescription, where the number of opiates prescribed mirrors what is being consumed. This would cut down on the quantity of left-over narcotics, helping to reduce the incidence of opiate dependency and diversion in the Ottawa community.
The purpose of this research study is to determine if using a vibration tool improves pain control after surgical treatment of distal radius fracture. Additionally, the investigators would like to determine if this tool has any impact on consumption of pain medications postoperatively.
Road traffic accidents (RTA) is the most common cause of open fractures of long bones, increase in RTA leading to increase of complex non-unions incidence. the Participants are usually undergoing multiple surgeries for healing or to eradicate infection, which in turn leading to loss of bone and soft tissues and require skin grafting, muscle pedicle graft or bone grafting. Sometimes the Participants end up with deformity, limb length discrepancy, joints stiffness, disuse osteoporosis and muscle atrophy after management
The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) and the American Society for Bone Research and Mineral Metabolism recommend the creation and implementation of fracture coordination services (FLS) as the most efficient way to address the problem. FLS has emerged as a new clinical approach that uses coordinated, multidisciplinary care to improve post-fracture outcomes and reduce recurrent fractures. It is a multidisciplinary and protocolized care model that must guarantee: 1. Identify fragility fractures and people at risk for a fracture 2. Fracture risk assessment 3. Indication for treatment or referral 4. Improvement in therapeutic compliance 5. Reduce the risk of falls It is known that patients who have undergone a FLS model (vs no FLS), have lower mortality, lower risk of fracture, with a reduction of 35% and 56%, respectively, during two years of follow-up. One of the most important objectives of the FLS is the proper recognition and treatment of osteoporosis (OP) in patients with fragility fractures. A major problem is the lack of adherence to treatment for OP, and inclusion in an FLS program increases the prescription of bisphosphonates from 17.9% to 76%. In addition, a specific follow-up program means that 73% of patients followed by FLS continue to undergo anti-resorptive treatment after 2 years of having suffered a femur fracture.
This study compares two operative managements of midshaft clavicle fractures: intramedullary screw and plate fixation. In the past ten years, many studies have compared non operative management versus operative fixation and in particular plate fixation which has been well evaluated. But to date, there are only few retrospective studies that compares plate and intramedullary screw fixation and the knowledge about this last technique and its functional results is poor. The main objective of this study is to compare plate and intramedullary screw fixation, in term of functional results and rate of union. The hypothesis of this study is that there is superiority of plate over intramedullary screw fixation. The main evaluation criterion is the Constant Score at 3 months postoperatively.
Minimally invasive surgery avoids the tissue damage and impairment of physiological function caused by open surgery because of its precise location techniques and can effectively promote the early recovery of wrist function. Under conditions of no cutting of fracture fragments, no blood supply compromise in the fracture fragments
In patients admitted following a trauma, the incidence of multiple rib fractures is reported to be 9,7%, and this can be even higher in high energy trauma like motor vehicle accidents (1). Pain deriving from rib fractures cause the patient to breath shallow in order to limit discomfort and this bring about negative consequences: shallow breathing and inability to clear secretions may cause pulmonary atelectasis eventually evolving to pneumonia. Given the aforementioned concerns, it is easy to understand why, in a context like this, control of chest pain become crucial. The best way to achieve adequate pain control have not yet been established: the aim of this study is to investigate on this clinical dilemma. In this study, 72 people with at least two monolateral rib fractures are going to be randomized into three groups: 1) standard treatment alone (intravenous analgesia: acetaminophen + morphine PCA); 2) continuous serratus plane block + standard treatment; 3) single-shot serratus plane block + standard treatment. The variables that are going to be recorded are the following: pain through the NRS scale, FEV1 and FVC through spirometry and finally an arterious gas analysis. Recording are going to be repeated at 72h after admission. The primary endpoint is to evaluate if the continuous serratus plane block is able to improve the FEV1/FVC compared to single shot or standard treatment alone. Secondary endpoints will be: the effect of continuous block on 1) resting and incident pain; 2) opioid consumption; 3) blood gas analysis parameters; 4) pulmonary complications at 1 month; 5) length of stay
An assessment of the feasibility of structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain scans in older people who have recovered from and older people who never had delirium after hip fracture surgery
Diabetes is a well-known risk factor for complications following ankle fracture fixation.Current recommendations for operative treatment of ankle fractures in patients with diabetes consist of increased rigid fixation and prolonged periods of non-weight bearing with minimally invasive techniques. Yee et al described a treatment algorithm for ankle fractures in diabetes patients based on the extent of their diabetic complications, Adelaide Fracture in the Diabetic Ankle (AFDA) score, and suggest that primary ankle arthrodesis may be an option in severe situations. Ebaugh et.al. described the technique of fixing the ankle joint in diabetic patients without joint preparation . Primary hindfoot arthrodesis with Calcaneotibial nail with formal joint preparation was described by many authors as treatment for ankle fractures in diabetic patient . To our knowledge, there is no comparative study in management of ankle fractures in diabetic patients using these two different techniques. Our hypothesis is to try to prove that management of diabetic fracture ankle by hindfoot nail without joint preparation is better than other techniques regarding overall lower complication rate, higher functional outcome and better option for treatment of these patients using minimal invasive approaches in those high risk patients.