Background: Hip fractures occur in 280,000 North Americans each year. Although surgeons
have reached consensus with regard to the treatment of undisplaced fractures of the hip, the …

Objective To compare quality of care in for-profit and not-for-profit nursing homes. Design
Systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies and randomised controlled trials …

Background Accurate prediction of likelihood of reoperation in patients with tibial shaft
fractures would facilitate optimal management. Previous studies were limited by small sample …

Background: Shortening of the femoral neck after fracture fixation with multiple parallel
screws decreases the moment arm for the abductor muscles of the hip. This study aimed to …

Background: Metatarsal fractures are common injuries; however little has been written
regarding their epidemiology in an adult population. Methods: All patients with metatarsal …

Background Tibial shaft fractures are the most common long bone fracture and are prone to
complications such as nonunion requiring reoperations to promote fracture healing. We …

Approximately 10% of the 7.9 million annual fracture patients in the United States experience
nonunion and/or delayed unions, which have a substantial economic and quality of life …

There is an increasing familiarity with the principles of evidence-based medicine in the
surgical community. As surgeons become more aware of the hierarchy of evidence, grades of …

Objective The assessment of fracture healing following intertrochanteric fracture fixation is
highly variable with no validated standards. Agreement with respect to fracture healing …

Background: Despite the large number of fracture outcome studies, there remains variability
in the definitions of fracture-healing. It is unclear how orthopaedic surgeons are diagnosing …