"Surgically Treated COVID-19-Positive Trauma Patients Had a Higher Fatality Rate" - A Rural District General Hospital's Perspective in the United Kingdom.

Introduction Our study analyses the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on perioperative death in elderly patients undergoing surgery for fractures who test positive for the virus during their admission in a rural hospital setting in the UK. Methods One hundred and fifty-six consecutive patients with age more than 75 years, who underwent surgery for fractures in Glangwili General Hospital during the second wave of the pandemic between 20th November 2020 and 20th January 2021, were included in this study. The 28-day mortality rate was estimated, and the results were compared to a matched cohort of patients from a similar duration before the pandemic (20th November 2019 to 20th January 2020).

Guided Intra-articular Corticosteroid Injections in the Midfoot.

Background: Intra-articular corticosteroid injections are used for both their therapeutic and diagnostic function. There is a paucity of literature investigating the efficacy of intra-articular corticosteroid injections into the midfoot. The aim of the study was to identify the efficacy of image guided intra-articular corticosteroid (Methylprednisolone) injections for midfoot osteoarthritis The null hypothesis of this study was there would be no benefit or increase of the Self-reported Foot and Ankle Score (SEFAS) from an intra-articular corticosteroid injection.

Outpatient percutaneous flexor tenotomies for management of diabetic claw toe deformities with ulcers: a preliminary report.

Objective: To retrospectively review the outcomes of percutaneous flexor tenotomies of diabetic claw toes with ulcers or pending ulcers.

Methods: We undertook a retrospective chart review between January 1999 and June 2005 to identify those patients who had undergone a percutaneous flexor tenotomy for diabetic claw toe deformities. We identified 34 toes in 14 patients.

Traction radiography performed under general anesthetic: a new technique for assessing idiopathic scoliosis curves.

Study Design: A prospective review of 24 patients with late-onset idiopathic scoliosis. OBJECTIVES.: To compare curve flexibility measured using supine bending radiography and traction radiography; to examine the correlation of each technique with postoperative correction; and to determine the influence of each technique on the decision to perform concomitant anterior release surgery with posterior instrumentation.

Bilateral symptomatic synovial cysts of the lumbar spine caused by calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease: a case report.

Study Design: A case of bilateral symptomatic facet joint synovial cysts arising in association with calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease is reported.

Objective: To present a previously unreported cause for symptomatic synovial cysts of the lumbar spine.

Summary Of Background Data: Synovial cysts of the facet joints occur most commonly in association with degenerative disease of the spine in older individuals.