Minggen Lu

Clinical and financial comparison of operative and nonoperative treatment of displaced clavicle fractures

HYPOTHESIS Surgical stabilization of displaced clavicle fractures was once considered to have rare indications. Our purpose was to present the clinical and economic effects of surgical management using data collected from operative and nonoperative patients. METHODS Our fracture database was queried from January 1, 2005, to January 1, 2010, identifying 204 patients with displaced midclavicular fractures. Radiographs and charts were reviewed, and questionnaires were distributed. RESULTS Operative patients had less chronic pain (6.1% vs 25.3%), less cosmetic deformity (18.2% vs 32.5%), less weakness (10.6% vs 33.7%), less loss of motion (15.2% vs 31.3%), and fewer nonunions (0% vs 4.8%). Operative patients missed fewer days of work (8.4 days vs 35.2 days) and required less assistance (3 days vs 7 days) for care at home. Mean income lost was

Semiparametric Estimation Methods for Panel Count Data Using Monotone B-Splines

321.69 versus

A gender-specific approach to improving substance abuse treatment for women: The Healthy Steps to Freedom program

10,506.25. Operative patients had a mean emergency department bill of

Impact of Hospital-Employed Physician Assistants on a Level II Community-Based Orthopaedic Trauma System.

2,060.51 versus

Combined Association of Serum Uric Acid and Metabolic Syndrome with Chronic Kidney Disease in Hypertensive Patients.

1,871.92 and had a mean hospital bill of

Operating room efficiency: benefits of an orthopaedic traumatologist at a level II trauma center.

8,520.30 versus

Spline-based sieve maximum likelihood estimation in the partly linear model under monotonicity constraints

3,692.65, and anesthesia charges averaged

Sexual behavior, stages of condom use, and self-efficacy among college students in Taiwan

946.11. Operative patients required less physical therapy, and the mean physical therapy cost was

Condom Use and Stages of Change Among College Students in Taiwan

971.76 versus

Papanicolaou Screening in Taiwan: Perceived Barriers and Self-Efficacy

1,820. Nonoperative patients required more pain medication (