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Results Compared with patients treated at high-volume hospitals (above the 20th percentile), patients treated at low-volume hospitals (below the 60th percentile) had a higher aggregate risk of having short-term complications (odds ratio, 2.00). A variety of patient factors also had associations with an increased risk of complications: increased Charlson comorbidity score,...

Retained foreign bodies after surgery have the potential to cause serious medical complications for patients and bring fourth serious medico-legal consequences for surgeons and hospitals. Standard operating room protocols have been adopted to reduce the occurrence of the most common retained foreign bodies. Despite these precautions, radiolucent objects and uncounted...

Discussion of complications associated with
Patellar Tendon Harvest
Semi-t Graft Harvest
Dropped Graft
Tibial Tunnel Anterior
Anterior Femoral Tunnel
Posterior Blow Out of Femoral Tunnel
Over drilling K-Wire
Neuro-Vascular Injury

A simple technique for cutting the suture if a drain has been sewn into the wound. For use when the suture penetrates the drain.

- patella infera indicates an abnormally low patella;
- it most often results from to soft tissue contracture and hypotonia of quadriceps muscle following surgery or trauma to knee
Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics

Anticoagulant + IV related dorsal metacarpal hematoma with necrosis of the overlying skin

Severe peripheral vascular insufficiency associated with connective tissue disease is usually due to a combination of vasospastic (Raynaud's) and fixed (proliferative vessel wall changes) factors. Periarterial sympathectomy is one approach to this problem. This technique involves stripping the adventitia from the affected vessels, which both removes the sympathetic nerve innervation...