Background Poor socioeconomic status (SES) is consistently associated with poor quality of
health care, particularly in the field of orthopedics. Expanding insurance coverage has …

Purpose Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) are recommendations developed for broad
application to optimize high-quality care and decision-making. The composition of patients …

Background: While disparities in aspects of distal radius fracture (DRF) management and
orthopedics at large have been studied, disparities in time to DRF evaluation and treatment …

Introduction The relationship between patient expectations and clinical outcomes has
recently been of increasing interest in the field of orthopaedics. The objective of this study …

Purpose Although baseline biopsychosocial factors are associated with short-term patient-
reported outcomes following distal radius fracture open reduction internal fixation (ORIF) …

Objective To quantify patients' preferences for physical therapy programmes after a lower
extremity fracture and determine patient factors associated with preference variation. Design …

Background Despite numerous proposed surgical interventions, there is a lack of consensus
in the optimal treatment of advanced Kienbock's disease. Purpose This study aims to …

Background The aim of the study was to evaluate the impact of reduction quality, using
intraoperative 3D imaging, on quality of life and functional outcome in the operative …

Background The influence of patient expectations on patient-rated outcomes (PRO) after
elective orthopedic procedures has been addressed in previous studies. However, the …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to determine if adverse social determinants of health
(SDOH) are associated with differential complication rates following surgical fixation of distal …