Browsing by Author "Cannada, Lisa K."

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    Does orthopaedic resident efficiency improve with respect to decreased fluoroscopic times in tibial intramedullary nailing? A measure of an ACGME milestone
    (Wolters Kluwer, 2019-03) Bradburn, Kayla; Patel, Jay H.; Cannada, Lisa K.; Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine
    Background: Intramedullary nailing of tibial fractures is a surgical milestone from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). Our purpose was to evaluate if fluoroscopic time decreased with increasing resident experience and could be used as a measure of this milestone. Methods: Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes were used to identify patients who underwent intramedullary nailing of tibial shaft fractures under the direction of fellowship-trained trauma attending staff. The data collected included patient demographics, fracture classification, fluoroscopic imaging total time, and the post-graduate years (PGY) of orthopaedic residency of the operating resident. Exclusions of patients included concomitant fluoroscopic procedures, inadequate records, or surgeries involving primary assisting residents with less than PGY-2 experience. We compared overall groups between half years and looked at individual resident years for each of the continuous variables. Results: When residents were grouped as senior (PGY-4 and PGY-5) or junior (PGY-2 and PGY-3), seniors used significantly less fluoroscopy than juniors (207.39 sec vs. 258.30 sec, P=0.018). In the first half of the academic year, PGY-2 residents completed tibial nailing slowest in terms of fluoroscopic usage (P=0.003). PGY-4 residents completed tibial nailing faster in terms of fluoroscopic usage than other years (P=0.031). In the second half of the academic year, PGY-5 residents used significantly less fluoroscopy than PGY-2 residents (P=0.035). Conclusions: As the ACGME currently has no measurement for resident progress and efficiency regarding tibial shaft intramedullary nailing, our data indicate that fluoroscopic measurements may be useful in assessing resident proficiency.
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    Henry Versus Thompson Approach for Fixation of Proximal Third Radial Shaft Fractures: A Multicenter Study
    (Wolters Kluwer, 2020) Dashe, Jesse; Murray, Brett; Tornetta, Paul, III; Grott, Kelly M.; Mullis, Brian; Bellevue, Kate D.; Firoozabadi, Reza; Kempegowda, Harish; Horwitz, Daniel S.; Patel, Shaan; Westberg, Jerald; Sandberg, Benjamin; Bramlett, Kasey J.; Marcantonio, Andrew J.; Sadauskas, Alex J.; Cannada, Lisa K.; Goodwin, Alexandra; Miller, Anna N.; Fox, Mary Patricia; Klatman, Samuel H.; Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine
    Objective: To compare the volar Henry and dorsal Thompson approaches with respect to outcomes and complications for proximal third radial shaft fractures. Design: Multicenter retrospective cohort study. Patients/Participants: Patients with proximal third radial shaft fractures ± associated ulna fractures (OTA/AO 2R1 ± 2U1) treated operatively at 11 trauma centers were included. Intervention: Patient demographics and injury, fracture, and surgical data were recorded. Final range of motion and complications of infection, neurologic injury, compartment syndrome, and malunion/nonunion were compared for volar versus dorsal approaches. Main Outcome: The main outcome was difference in complications between patients treated with volar versus dorsal approach. Results: At an average follow-up of 292 days, 202 patients (range, 18–84 years) with proximal third radial shaft fractures were followed through union or nonunion. One hundred fifty-five patients were fixed via volar and 47 via dorsal approach. Patients treated via dorsal approach had fractures that were on average 16 mm more proximal than those approached volarly, which did not translate to more screw fixation proximal to the fracture. Complications occurred in 11% of volar and 21% of dorsal approaches with no statistical difference. Conclusions: There was no statistical difference in complication rates between volar and dorsal approaches. Specifically, fixation to the level of the tuberosity is safely accomplished via the volar approach. This series demonstrates the safety of the volar Henry approach for proximal third radial shaft fractures.