Publications by authors named "Carlos Maturana"

Background: Biportal endoscopic spine surgery offers advantages such as reduced postoperative pain and faster recovery, often enabling same-day discharge. However, the patient-specific factors influencing the need for inpatient admission remain unclear. This study evaluates variables contributing to overnight stays following biportal lumbar endoscopic decompression and proposes a predictive fragility score.

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Background: The appropriate amount of cementation at the time of reverse total shoulder arthroplasty with significant proximal bone loss or resection is unknown. Extensive cementation of a humeral prosthesis makes eventual revision arthroplasty more challenging, increasing the risk of periprosthetic fracture. We analyzed the degree of subsidence and torque tolerance of humeral components undergoing standard cementation technique vs.

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  • The study investigates how anticoagulant and antiplatelet drugs affect blood loss during surgery for hip fractures in elderly patients.
  • More patients on antiplatelet drugs needed blood transfusions and experienced higher calculated blood loss compared to those who did not take these medications.
  • The findings suggest that elderly patients on warfarin or direct oral anticoagulants bleed less than those on antiplatelet drugs like aspirin, indicating that delaying surgery for anticoagulant management may not be necessary.
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Objectives: To evaluate the initial complications and short-term readmissions and reoperations after open reduction internal fixation (ORIF) versus acute total hip arthroplasty (THA) for elderly acetabular fractures.

Design: Retrospective database review.

Setting: All hospitalizations in the National Readmissions Database and National Inpatient Sample.

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Background: In the treatment of native knee bacterial septic arthritis, the optimal irrigation and débridement modality-arthroscopic versus open-is a matter of controversy. We aim to compare revision-free survival, complications, and resource utilization between these approaches.

Methods: The National Readmission Database was queried from 2016 to 2019 to identify patients using International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision, diagnostic and procedure codes.

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Background: In the treatment of native shoulder septic arthritis, the optimal irrigation and débridement modality-arthroscopic versus open-is a matter of controversy. We aim to compare revision-free survival (RFS), complications, and resource utilization between these approaches.

Methods: The National Readmission Database was queried from 2016 to 2019 to identify patients using International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision, diagnostic and procedure codes.

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Purpose: Safety net hospitals (SNH) have been associated with inferior surgical outcomes and increased resource use. Utilization and outcomes for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), a rescue modality for patients with respiratory or cardiac failure, may vary by safety net status. We hypothesized SNH to be associated with inferior outcomes and costs of ECMO in a national cohort.

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Infectious salmon anemia (ISA) is a systemic disease caused by an orthomyxovirus, which has a significant economic impact on the production of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Currently, there are several commercial ISA vaccines available, however, those products are applied through injection, causing stress in the fish and leaving them susceptible to infectious diseases due to the injection process and associated handling. In this study, we evaluated an oral vaccine against ISA containing a recombinant viral hemagglutinin-esterase and a fusion protein as antigens.

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