Day Case Trauma and Orthopaedics - Missed Opportunities

Our first podcast in this edition is with the President of the Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA) Prof Heather Vallier. Papers discussed: Enhancing trauma patient experience and engagement: development of a mobile application Improved Reduction of the Tibiofibular Syndesmosis With TightRope Compared With Screw Fixation: Results of a Randomized Controlled Study Better outcome for suture button compared with single syndesmotic screw for syndesmosis injury: five-year results of a randomized controlled trial Cast immobilization is non-inferior to volar locking plates in relation to QuickDASH after one year in patients aged 65 years and older: a randomized controlled trial of displaced distal radius fractures Implementation of a mobile app for trauma education: results from a multicenter study Operative vs Nonoperative Treatment of Distal Radius Fractures in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Early Weightbearing and Range of Motion Versus Non-Weightbearing and Immobilization After Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Unstable Ankle Fractures: A Randomized Controlled Trial Surgical and Nonoperative Management of Olecranon Fractures in the Elderly: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Prospective randomised trial of non-operative versus operative management of olecranon fractures in the elderly Cemented or uncemented hemiarthroplasty for displaced intracapsular fractures of the hip: a randomized trial of 400 patients Effectiveness and safety of cemented and uncemented hemiarthroplasty in the treatment of intracapsular hip fractures

Listen to Mr Andrew Duckworth interviewing Prof. Matt Costa and Mr David Metcalfe about their paper "Pay for performance and hip fracture outcomes: an interrupted time series and difference-in-differences analysis in England and Scotland", published in the August 2019 issue of The Bone and Joint Journal.

Listen to Mr Andrew Duckworth interviewing Professor Matt Costa about his paper "Economic outcomes associated with deep surgical site infection in patients with an open fracture of the lower limb" published in the November 2018 issue of The Bone and Joint Journal.