Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of peri-operative red blood
cell (RBC) transfusion on 30-day and 1-year mortality following coronary artery bypass …

The management of glenoid bone loss is a major challenge in both complex primary and
revision arthroplasty surgery. To deal with this problem, a number of techniques have been …

Objectives: Obesity is often perceived to be a risk factor for adverse outcomes following
coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. Several studies have been unclear about the …

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to develop a multivariate risk prediction model for
prolonged ventilation after adult cardiac surgery. METHODS: This is a retrospective analysis …

Tennis elbow (TE) is a painful and debilitating condition of the elbow. Recently, the use of
orthobiologics, such as platelet-rich-plasma (PRP), has been proposed to promote tendon …

The posterior interosseous nerve (PIN) is susceptible to a number of traumatic and
atraumatic pathologies. In this article, we aim to review our current understanding of the …

Objective: Several studies have shown no significantly increased risk of in-hospital mortality
for obese patients after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). However, the effect of …

BACKGROUND: Elevated preprocedural systemic markers of inflammation, including white
blood cell count, have been associated with adverse clinical outcomes after percutaneous …

Background Symptomatic disorders around the sternoclavicular joint (SCJ) are relatively
uncommon. Previous cadaveric and radiographic studies have suggested that asymptomatic …

Background Many shoulder surgeons use intra-articular corticosteroid injections (IACI) in
shoulder osteoarthritis, with the caveat that it precludes arthroplasty for at least 6 months to …