Socio-economic outcome after blunt orthopaedic trauma: Implications on injury preventionRoman Pfeifer
University of Aachen Medical Center, Department of Orthopaedic Trauma, Pauwelsstrase 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany
Patient Saf Surg 5:9. 2011
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- Restricted duty hours for surgeons and impact on residents quality of life, education, and patient care: a literature review
Hans Christoph Pape
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Kaufmann Medical Building, Suite 1010, 3471 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Patient Saf Surg 3:3. 2009
..In this literature review, data of effects of limited work-hours on the quality of life, surgical education, and patient care was summarized, focusing on surgical subspecialities...
Patterns of mortality and causes of death in polytrauma patients--has anything changed?Roman Pfeifer
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Kaufmann Medical Building, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Injury 40:907-11. 2009
..Most of these studies have aimed to improve trauma care and raise awareness of avoidable complications. The aim of the present review is to evaluate whether the distribution of complications and mortality has changed...
Impact of isolated acetabular and lower extremity fractures on long-term outcomeRoman Pfeifer
Department of Orthopaedic Trauma, University of Aachen Medical Center, Pauwelstrasse 30, Aachen, Germany
J Trauma Acute Care Surg 72:467-72. 2012
..The long-term clinical status of surviving patients with multiple injuries has not been well described. The aim of this study was to evaluate the long-term outcome of acetabular and lower limb injuries...
- Low back pain during pregnancy caused by a sacral stress fracture: a case report
Miguel Pishnamaz
Department of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, University of Aachen Medical Center, 30 Pauwels Street, 52074 Aachen, Germany
J Med Case Rep 6:98. 2012
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- Outcome after thoracoscopic ventral stabilisation of thoracic and lumbar spine fractures
Roman Pfeifer
Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, University of Aachen Medical Center, 30 Pauwels Street, Aachen, 52074, Germany
J Trauma Manag Outcomes 6:10. 2012
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- Scoring systems for outcome after knee injuries
Bernhard Schmidt-Rohlfing
University of Aachen Medical Center, Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, 30 Pauwels Street, 52074 Aachen, Germany
Injury 42:271-5. 2011
..In conclusion, the outcomes of knee injuries in poly-traumatized patients are rather heterogeneous, but generally are worse than in those with lower extremity injuries that spare the knee joint...
- Inhalative IL-10 attenuates pulmonary inflammation following hemorrhagic shock without major alterations of the systemic inflammatory response
Philipp Kobbe
Department of Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstraβe 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany
Mediators Inflamm 2012:512974. 2012
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- The timing of definitive fixation for major fractures in polytrauma--a matched-pair comparison between a US and European level I centres: analysis of current fracture management practice in polytrauma
Verena M Schreiber
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Division of Trauma, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA
Injury 42:650-4. 2011
..The current study investigates whether the timing of fracture treatment is different in different trauma systems...
- Knowledge transfer of spinal manipulation skills by student-teachers: a randomised controlled trial
Matthias Knobe
Department of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstrase 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany
Eur Spine J 21:992-8. 2012
..To assess the use of peer-assisted learning (PAL) of complex manipulative motor skills with respect to gender in medical students...
- Inducible nitric oxide synthase contributes to immune dysfunction following trauma
Sophie S Darwiche
Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Shock 38:499-507. 2012
..These findings support the hypothesis that iNOS regulates immune suppression following trauma and suggest that targeting the sustained production of NO by iNOS may attenuate posttraumatic immune depression...
- Predictors of late clinical outcome following orthopedic injuries after multiple trauma
Hans Christoph Pape
Department of Orthopaedic Trauma, University of Aachen Medical Center, Aachen, Germany
J Trauma 69:1243-51. 2010
..The aim of this study was to evaluate whether certain injury patterns predispose a patient to a poor clinical outcome 10 or more years after multiple injuries...
- Models of lower extremity damage in mice: time course of organ damage and immune response
Christoph L Menzel
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA
J Surg Res 166:e149-56. 2011
..This follow-up study tests the hypothesis that inflammatory responses are comparable between a novel trauma model ("pseudofracture", PFx) and a bilateral femur fracture (BFF) model...
- Missed injuries in trauma patients: A literature review
Roman Pfeifer
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Kaufmann Medical Building, Suite 1010, 3471 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Patient Saf Surg 2:20. 2008
..This review summarizes the available literature on missed injuries, focusing on overlooked muscoloskeletal injuries...
