Excess opioid medication and variation in prescribing patterns following common orthopaedic procedures

MJ Sabatino, ST Kunkel, DB Ramkumar, BJ Keeney… - JBJS, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Background: Postoperative pain management in orthopaedic surgery accounts for a substantial
portion of opioid medications prescribed in the United States. Understanding prescribing …

A systematic review and meta-analysis of the direct anterior approach for hemiarthroplasty for femoral neck fracture

ST Kunkel, MJ Sabatino, R Kang, DS Jevsevar… - European Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Background We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess whether the
direct anterior approach (DAA) is associated with improved functional and clinical outcomes …

Next-generation sequencing vs culture-based methods for diagnosing periprosthetic joint infection after total knee arthroplasty: a cost-effectiveness analysis

MT Torchia, DC Austin, ST Kunkel, KW Dwyer… - The Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) after total knee arthroplasty is challenging to
diagnose. Compared with culture-based techniques, next-generation sequencing (NGS) is …

Clinical research fails to support more aggressive management of pediatric upper extremity fractures

EA Eismann, KJ Little, ST Kunkel, R Cornwall - JBJS, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Background: Recent years have seen a trend toward more operative treatment of upper
extremity fractures in children. The current study examines clinical research regarding pediatric …

The cost-effectiveness of total hip arthroplasty in patients 80 years of age and older

ST Kunkel, MJ Sabatino, R Kang, DS Jevsevar… - The Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
… Author links open overlay panel Samuel T. Kunkel MD, MS , Matthew J. Sabatino MD, MS
, Ravinder Kang MD, MS , David S. Jevsevar MD, … Conflict of Interest Statement for Kunkel. …

Association of hospital employee satisfaction with patient safety and satisfaction within Veterans Affairs medical centers

R Kang, ST Kunkel, JA Columbo, PP Goodney… - The American journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Employee satisfaction is thought to impact performance. However, which
aspects of employee satisfaction matter most is unknown. We utilized data from the Veterans …

[HTML][HTML] Does preoperative opioid consumption increase the risk of chronic postoperative opioid use after total joint arthroplasty?

ST Kunkel, JJ Gregory, MJ Sabatino, TM Borsinger… - Arthroplasty Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Risk-factor identification related to chronic opioid use after surgery may facilitate
interventions mitigating postoperative opioid consumption. We evaluated the relationship …

Residents' impressions of the impact of advanced practice providers on surgical training

R Kang, JA Columbo, ST Kunkel, RS Stucke… - Journal of the American …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background To ensure that residents are appropriately trained in the era of the 80-hour work-week,
training programs have restructured resident duties and hired advanced practice …

[HTML][HTML] A comparison of radiographic leg-length and offset discrepancies between 2 intraoperative measurement techniques in anterior total hip arthroplasty

DC Austin, BE Dempsey, ST Kunkel, MT Torchia… - Arthroplasty Today, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Anterior total hip arthroplasty (THA) allows the use of intraoperative fluoroscopy
to assess leg-length and offset discrepancies. Two techniques to accomplish this are the …

Screw fixation versus hemiarthroplasty for nondisplaced femoral neck fractures in the elderly: a cost-effectiveness analysis

TM Yong, DC Austin, IB Molloy, ST Kunkel… - Journal of …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of screw fixation versus hemiarthroplasty for
nondisplaced femoral neck fractures in low-demand elderly patients. Methods: We constructed …