[HTML][HTML] Trigger finger: etiology, evaluation, and treatment

AH Makkouk, ME Oetgen, CR Swigart… - Current reviews in …, 2008 - Springer
Trigger finger is a common finger aliment, thought to be caused by inflammation and subsequent
narrowing of the A1 pulley, which causes pain, clicking, catching, and loss of motion of …

Orthopaedic management improves the rate of early osteoporosis treatment after hip fracture: a randomized clinical trial

RA Miki, ME Oetgen, J Kirk, KL Insogna, DM Lindskog - JBJS, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Background: Although osteoporosis is strongly associated with hip fractures, the initiation of
osteoporosis treatment following hip fractures occurs at surprisingly low rates of between 5% …

Idiopathic toe walking

ME Oetgen, S Peden - JAAOS-Journal of the American Academy …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Toe walking is a bilateral gait abnormality in which a normal heel strike is absent and most
weight bearing occurs through the forefoot. This abnormality may not be pathologic in …

[HTML][HTML] Non-operative treatment of common finger injuries

ME Oetgen, SD Dodds - Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine, 2008 - Springer
Finger fractures are common injuries with a wide spectrum of presentation. Although a vast
majority of these injuries may be treated non-operatively with gentle reduction, appropriate …

[HTML][HTML] Initial report of the osteogenesis imperfecta adult natural history initiative

LL Tosi, ME Oetgen, MK Floor, MB Huber… - Orphanet journal of rare …, 2015 - Springer
Background A better understanding of the natural history of osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) in
adulthood should improve health care for patients with this rare condition. Methods The …

Development of a femoral non-union model in the mouse

ME Oetgen, GA Merrell, NW Troiano, MC Horowitz… - Injury, 2008 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: Advancements in our knowledge of fracture healing have occurred in large
part by the understanding of this process on a microscopic level. The ability to develop …

Scoliosis screening

ME Oetgen, JH Heyer, SM Kelly - JAAOS-Journal of the American …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
The national recommendations for school screening programs for scoliosis in the United
States have undergone a shift in perspective over the past two decades. In 2004, the United …

The use of rhBMP-2 for the treatment of congenital pseudarthrosis of the tibia: a case series

BS Richards, ME Oetgen, CE Johnston - JBJS, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Materials and Methods We performed a retrospective review of our first seven patients in
which rhBMP-2 (INFUSE; Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Memphis, Tennessee) was used in …

Perioperative blood management in pediatric spine surgery

ME Oetgen, J Litrenta - JAAOS-Journal of the American Academy …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Blood management strategies are integral to successful outcomes in many types of orthopaedic
surgery. These strategies minimize blood loss and transfusion requirements, ultimately …

Complications associated with the use of bone morphogenetic protein in pediatric patients

ME Oetgen, BS Richards - Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Background Recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein (rhBMP) has been found to
be a powerful adjunct to healing nonunions and obtaining fusions. Despite the apparent …