Pediatric proximal femur fractures are rare injuries resulting from high-energy trauma. The
Delbet classification is used when describing these injuries, and associates fracture type to …

Introduction: To examine prognostic factors that influence complications after hip fracture
surgery. To summarize proposed underlying mechanisms for their influence. Methods: We …

Study Design: Retrospective. Objective: Identify patient risk factors for extended length of
stay (LOS) and 90-day hospital readmissions following elective anterior cervical discectomy …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT Malignant primary spinal tumors are rare making it difficult to
perform large studies comparing epidemiologic, survival, and treatment trends. We investigated …

Study Design. Retrospective review. Objective. To determine if adjuvant radiation therapy (RT)
improves overall survival (OS) following surgical resection of chordomas. Summary of …

OBJECTIVE Previous reports of rod fracture (RF) in adult spinal deformity are limited by
heterogeneous cohorts, low follow-up rates, and relatively short follow-up durations. Since the …

Purpose Total hip arthroplasty (THA) is a successful surgery for the treatment of hip osteoarthritis;
however, the risk of a post-operative prosthetic joint infection (PJI) remains at 1% to 2%…

Purpose The purpose of this study was to determine the discriminatory ability of age-adjusted
alignment offset and the global alignment and proportion (GAP) score parameters to …

Pediatric proximal femur fractures are high-energy injuries with predictable and morbid
complications. Osteonecrosis of the femoral head is the most common complication with …

Background. Although chondrosarcomas (CS) are mostly considered radioresistant,
advancements in radiotherapy have brought attention to its use in these patients. Using the largest …