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  1. Today, skeletal tibial traction remains a mainstay of initial management following high-energy, major orthopaedic lower extremity trauma. Historically utilized as definitive fracture management, recent advance...

    Authors: Frank A Liporace, Richard S Yoon and Anil K Kesani
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2012 6:4
  2. Some tetraplegic patients may wish to undergo urological procedures without anaesthesia, but these patients can develop autonomic dysreflexia if cystoscopy and vesical lithotripsy are performed without anaesth...

    Authors: Subramanian Vaidyanathan, Bakul Soni, Fahed Selmi, Gurpreet Singh, Cristian Esanu, Peter Hughes, Tun Oo and Kamesh Pulya
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2012 6:3
  3. Objective data on the incidence and pattern of adverse events after orthopaedic surgical procedures remain scarce, secondary to the reluctance for encompassing reporting of surgical complications. The aim of t...

    Authors: Annica Öhrn, Johan Elfström, Hans Tropp and Hans Rutberg
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2012 6:2
  4. Malignant pheochromocytoma is a neuroendocrine tumor that originates from chromaffin tissue. Although osseous metastases are common, metastatic dissemination to the spine rarely occurs.

    Authors: Daniel Rittirsch, Edouard Battegay, Lukas U Zimmerli, Werner Baulig, Donat R Spahn, Christian Ossendorf, Guido A Wanner, Hans-Peter Simmen and Clément M L Werner
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2012 6:1
  5. Wrong site surgery is one of five surgical "Never Events," which include performing surgery on the incorrect side or incorrect site, performing the wrong procedure, performing surgery on the wrong patient, uni...

    Authors: Emily M Lindley, Sergiu Botolin, Evalina L Burger and Vikas V Patel
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2011 5:33
  6. The objective of this study is to analyze the proximal tibiofibular joint in patients with knee pain after treatment of tibial shaft fractures with locked intramedullary nail.

    Authors: Pedro José Labronici, Robinson Esteves Santos Pires, José Sérgio Franco, Hélio Jorge Alvachian Fernandes and Fernando Baldy dos Reis
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2011 5:31
  7. Anatomically, it is difficult to give a systematic description of the superficial branch of the radial nerve (SBRN). Our aim was to describe the exact relationship of the SBRN to fixed bony points of radial st...

    Authors: Lasitha B Samarakoon, Kasun C Lakmal, Sharmila Thillainathan, Vipula R Bataduwaarachchi, Dimonge J Anthony and Rohan W Jayasekara
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2011 5:28
  8. Although complications related to suprapubic cystostomies are well documented, there is scarcity of literature on safety issues involved in long-term care of suprapubic cystostomy in spinal cord injury patients.

    Authors: Subramanian Vaidyanathan, Bakul Soni, Peter Hughes, Gurpreet Singh and Tun Oo
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2011 5:27
  9. Surgical site wound closure plays a vital role in post-operative success. This effect is magnified in regard to commonly performed elective procedures such as total knee arthroplasty. The use of either sutures...

    Authors: Justin T Newman, Steven J Morgan, Gustavo V Resende, Allison E Williams, E Mark Hammerberg and Michael R Dayton
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2011 5:26
  10. Patients suffering from polytrauma often present with altered mental status and have varying levels of examinability. This makes evaluation difficult. Physicians are often required to rely on advanced imaging ...

    Authors: Hiroyuki Yoshihara, Todd F VanderHeiden and Philip F Stahel
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2011 5:25
  11. Intra-articular hardware penetration can occur during osteosynthesis of ankle fractures, jeopardizing patients' outcomes. The intraoperative recognition of misplaced screws may be difficult due to the challeng...

    Authors: Vincenzo Giordano, Arthur F S Gomes, Ney P Amaral, Rodrigo P Albuquerque and Robinson E S Pires
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2011 5:24
  12. With greater technological developments in the care of musculoskeletal patients, we are entering an era of rapid change in our understanding of the pathophysiology of traumatic injury; assessment and treatment...

    Authors: Hangama C Fayaz, Jesse B Jupiter, Hans Christoph Pape, R Malcolm Smith, Peter V Giannoudis, Christopher G Moran, Christian Krettek, Karl J Prommersberger, Michael J Raschke and Javad Parvizi
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2011 5:23
  13. A slight increase in revisions for infected joint arthroplasties has been observed in the Nordic countries since 2000 for which the reasons are unclear. However, in 2007 a Swedish study of the timing for proph...

    Authors: Annette W-Dahl, Otto Robertsson, Anna Stefánsdóttir, Pelle Gustafson and Lars Lidgren
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2011 5:22
  14. The aneurysmatic bone cyst (ABC) is a benign primary bone tumour. If located in the cervical spine, its expansive growth and destructive behaviour may lead to instability and serious neurological impairment. W...

    Authors: Juliane Richter, Sven K Tschöke, Jens Gulow, Uwe Eichfeld, Magdalena Wojan, Georg von Salis-Soglio and Christoph E Heyde
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2011 5:20
  15. It is well known in the literature that imaging has almost no value for diagnosis of superficial bladder cancer. However, wide gap exists between knowledge on diagnosis of bladder cancer and actual clinical pr...

    Authors: Subramanian Vaidyanathan, Bakul M Soni, Gurpreet Singh, Peter L Hughes, Paul Mansour and Tun Oo
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2011 5:19
  16. Vertebral artery injury (VAI) after blunt cervical trauma occurs more frequently than historically believed. The symptoms due to vertebral artery (VA) occlusion usually manifest within the first 24 hours after...

    Authors: Hiroyuki Yoshihara, Todd F VanderHeiden, Yasuaki Harasaki, Kathryn M Beauchamp and Philip F Stahel
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2011 5:18
  17. Z-effect and reverse Z-effect are complications that arise from the surgical treatment of pertrochanteric fractures of the femur with proximal femoral nails (PFN) comprising two interlocking head screws. Such ...

    Authors: Robinson Esteves Santos Pires, Egídio Oliveira Santana Júnior, Leandro Emílio Nascimento Santos, Vincenzo Giordano, Daniel Balbachevsky and Fernando Baldy dos Reis
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2011 5:17
  18. This study assesses the impact that a resident oversight and credentialing policy for central venous catheter (CVC) placement had on institution-wide central line associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI). We...

    Authors: Robert A Cherry, Cheri E West, Maria C Hamilton, Colleen M Rafferty, Christopher S Hollenbeak and Gregory M Caputo
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2011 5:15
  19. We need to know the scale and underlying causes of surgical adverse events (AEs) in order to improve the safety of care in surgical units. However, there is little recent data. Previous record review studies t...

    Authors: Marieke Zegers, Martine C de Bruijne, Bertus de Keizer, Hanneke Merten, Peter P Groenewegen, Gerrit van der Wal and Cordula Wagner
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2011 5:13
  20. A 62-year old man was referred to our institution in hemorrhagic shock after a laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis, performed at an outside hospital. A chest X-ray revealed a right-sided massi...

    Authors: Rapicetta Cristian, Paci Massimiliano, Ricchetti Tommaso, Tenconi Sara, Biolchini Federico, Belluzzi Emilio and Sgarbi Giorgio
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2011 5:12

    The Erratum to this article has been published in Patient Safety in Surgery 2013 7:20

  21. The management of acute appendicitis during pregnancy is not fully established, especially regarding the choice between open and laparoscopic surgery during the third trimester. We report herein the case of a ...

    Authors: Thomas Holzer, Gianmaria Pellegrinelli, Philippe Morel and Christian Toso
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2011 5:11
  22. Epidural analgesia with bupivacain, epinephrine and fentanyl provides excellent pain control after lumbar fusion surgery, but pruritus and motor block are frequent side effects. Theoretically epidural ropivaca...

    Authors: Eva Gulle, Carola Skärvinge, Karin Runberg, Yohan Robinson and Claes Olerud
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2011 5:10
  23. Several large studies have identified factors associated with long-term outcome after orthopaedic injuries. However, long-term social and economic implications have not been published so far. The aim of this i...

    Authors: Roman Pfeifer, Philipp Lichte, Boris A Zelle, Nicola-Alexander Sittaro, Anna Zilkens, Jason R Kaneshige and Hans-Christoph Pape
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2011 5:9
  24. Percutaneous sacro-iliac (SI) screw fixation represents a widely used technique in the management of unstable posterior pelvic ring injuries and sacral fractures. The misplacement of SI-screws under fluoroscop...

    Authors: Erik A Hasenboehler, Philip F Stahel, Allison Williams, Wade R Smith, Justin T Newman, David L Symonds and Steven J Morgan
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2011 5:8
  25. Total hip arthroplasty (THA) is one of the most frequently performed procedures in orthopaedics and weakness of external rotators is often recognized thereafter. However, the etiology of lateral hip pain is mu...

    Authors: Christian Ossendorf, Laurent Bohnert, Nadja Mamisch-Saupe, Daniel Rittirsch, Guido A Wanner, Hans-Peter Simmen, Claudio Dora and Clément ML Werner
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2011 5:7
  26. Vaginal evisceration in premenopausal women after trans-abdominal hysterectomy is extremely rare in occurrence and only few cases have been documented in worldwide literature. Here we report a premenopausal wo...

    Authors: Nishikant N Gujar, Ravikumar K Choudhari, Geeta R Choudhari, Nasheen M Bagali, Mahendra B Bendre and Santosh B Adgale
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2011 5:6
  27. The aim of the present study is to determine the variables affecting blood glucose concentrations outside the target range of 80 and 150 mg/dl in critically ill surgical patients.

    Authors: Manfred Weiss, Martina Kron, Birgit Hay, Michael Taenzer, Peter Radermacher and Michael Georgieff
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2011 5:5
  28. The inadequate application of postoperative dressings can lead to significant complications, including skin injuries, compartment syndromes, and potential limb loss. To our knowledge, the occurrence of post la...

    Authors: Abayomi L Sanusi
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2011 5:4
  29. Pelvic dislocations are rare during labor, and the treatment is controversial. We report two cases of young women who sustained postpartum disruption of the pelvic ring: one case is an 8.8 cm wide separation o...

    Authors: Zhiyong Hou, John T Riehl, Wade R Smith, Kent A Strohecker and Patrick J Maloney
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2011 5:2
  30. Gastric bypass surgery is a highly effective therapy for long-term weight loss in severely obese patients, but carries significant perioperative risks including infection, wound dehiscence, and leaks from stap...

    Authors: Glenn S Gerhard, Ravi Chokshi, Christopher D Still, Peter Benotti, G Craig Wood, Mollie Freedman-Weiss, Cody Rider and Anthony T Petrick
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2011 5:1
  31. This study was designed to analyze whether routine radiological controls of anastomoses in the upper gastrointestinal tract an early detection of anastomotic leaks.

    Authors: Joerg Doerfer, Thomas Meyer, Peter Klein, Nathaniel Melling, Alexander G Kerscher, Werner Hohenberger and Joerg OW Pelz
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2010 4:17
  32. Femoral neck fractures in the elderly are frequent, represent a great health care problem, and have a significant impact on health insurance costs. Reconstruction options using hip arthroplasty include unipola...

    Authors: Christian Ossendorf, Max J Scheyerer, Guido A Wanner, Hans-Peter Simmen and Clément ML Werner
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2010 4:16
  33. Development of neural network models for the prediction of glucose levels in critically ill patients through the application of continuous glucose monitoring may provide enhanced patient outcomes. Here we demo...

    Authors: Scott M Pappada, Marilyn J Borst, Brent D Cameron, Raymond E Bourey, Jason D Lather, Desmond Shipp, Antonio Chiricolo and Thomas J Papadimos
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2010 4:15
  34. Pedicle screw loosening is a major safety concern in instrumented spinal surgery due to loosening with potential pseudarthrosis and possible loss of correction requiring revision surgery. Several cadaver studi...

    Authors: Bengt Sandén, Claes Olerud, Sune Larsson and Yohan Robinson
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2010 4:14
  35. To describe the patient population, etiology, and complications associated with thigh compartment syndrome (TCS). TCS is a rare condition, affecting less than 0.3% of trauma patients, caused by elevated pressu...

    Authors: Enes M Kanlic, Sarah E Pinski, Eric G Verwiebe, Jeremy Saller and Wade R Smith
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2010 4:13
  36. Identification of all common and potentially avoidable adverse events is crucial to further improve the quality of medical care. The intention of the current study was to evaluate a standardized physician inde...

    Authors: Stephan Kirschner, Jörg Lützner, Klaus-Peter Günther, Maria Eberlein-Gonska and Frank Krummenauer
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2010 4:12
  37. This study was designed to analyze a group of non-operated patients admitted to our surgical ward for incidence and type of documented complication. We classified and categorised these complications according ...

    Authors: Eelco J Veen, Maryska LG Janssen-Heijnen, Mariska AC de Jongh and Jan A Roukema
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2010 4:11
  38. It is unclear when it is safe to discharge patients with a diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) after ambulatory surgical procedures due to concern for postoperative respiratory compromise and hypoxemia....

    Authors: Spencer S Liu, Mary F Chisholm, Raymond S John, Justin Ngeow, Yan Ma and Stavros G Memtsoudis
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2010 4:9
  39. Thoracic injuries play an important role in major trauma patients due to their high incidence and critical relevance. A serious consequence of thoracic trauma is pneumothorax, a condition that quickly can beco...

    Authors: April O Paul, Chlodwig Kirchhoff, Michael V Kay, Albert Hiebl, Markus Koerner, Volker A Braunstein, Wolf Mutschler and Karl-Georg Kanz
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2010 4:8

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