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The medical-legal aspects of informed consent in orthopaedic surgeryTimothy Bhattacharyya
Partners Orthopaedic Trauma Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, 35 Fruit Street, Yawkey 3600, Boston, MA 02114, USA
J Bone Joint Surg Am 87:2395-400. 2005....- The value of the dedicated orthopaedic trauma operating roomTimothy Bhattacharyya
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
J Trauma 60:1336-40; discussion 1340-1. 2006..Orthopaedic trauma cases are often waitlisted and done late at night. We investigated the feasibility of having an unbooked orthopaedic trauma OR to reduce nighttime cases and improve OR flow... - The medical-legal aspects of compartment syndromeTimothy Bhattacharyya
Partners Orthopaedic Trauma Service, Massachusetts General Hospital WAC 525, 15 Parkman Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA
J Bone Joint Surg Am 86:864-8. 2004..Little information is available on the legal aspects of compartment syndrome... - "Doctor, was this surgery done wrong?" Ethical issues in providing second opinionsTimothy Bhattacharyya
Partners Orthopaedic Trauma Service, Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women s Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Yawkey 3600, Boston, MA 02114, USA
J Bone Joint Surg Am 87:223-5. 2005 - Complications associated with the posterolateral approach for pilon fracturesTimothy Bhattacharyya
Partners Orthopaedic Trauma Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
J Orthop Trauma 20:104-7. 2006..We do not recommend the posterolateral approach for the routine treatment of tibial pilon fractures... - Trends in the management of open fractures. A critical analysisKanu Okike
Partners Orthopaedic Trauma Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114, and Harvard University, 64 Linnaean Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
J Bone Joint Surg Am 88:2739-48. 2006 - Inadvertent retention of angled drill guides after volar locking plate fixation of distal radial fractures. A report of three casesTimothy Bhattacharyya
Partners Orthopaedic Trauma Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Yawkey 3600, Boston, MA 02118, USA
J Bone Joint Surg Am 90:401-3. 2008 - The posterior shearing tibial plateau fracture: treatment and results via a posterior approachTimothy Bhattacharyya
Partners Orthopaedic Trauma Service, Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
J Orthop Trauma 19:305-10. 2005..They can be successfully managed using a posterior approach with direct reduction and buttress fixation of articular fragments. Quality of articular reduction is one factor that influences short-term functional outcome... - Evidence-based approaches to minimizing malpractice risk in orthopedic surgeryTimothy Bhattacharyya
Partners Orthopedic Trauma Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Orthopedics 28:378-81. 2005..Surgeons should be aware of how to respond in the event a claim is filed. Improving physician-patient communication is the cornerstone of any strategy to reduce malpractice claims... - Perioperative management of the obese orthopaedic patientDaniel Guss
Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Residency Program, Boston, MA 02118, USA
J Am Acad Orthop Surg 14:425-32. 2006.... - Mortality after periprosthetic fracture of the femurTimothy Bhattacharyya
Partners Orthopaedic Trauma Service, Yawkey 3600
J Bone Joint Surg Am 89:2658-62. 2007..Management of periprosthetic femoral fractures is often complex, and few studies have documented its associated mortality... - Antibiotic dosing before primary hip and knee replacement as a pay-for-performance measureTimothy Bhattacharyya
Partners Orthopaedic Trauma Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Yawkey 3600, Boston, MA 02118, USA
J Bone Joint Surg Am 89:287-91. 2007..We analyzed the risk factors associated with failing to optimally administer preoperative antibiotics before primary hip and knee arthroplasty... 
Routine use of wound vacuum-assisted closure does not allow coverage delay for open tibia fracturesTimothy Bhattacharyya
Partners Orthopedic Trauma Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass 02118, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 121:1263-6. 2008..The authors analyzed whether use of the vacuum-assisted closure sponge can allow delay of flap coverage for open tibia fractures without an increase in infection rate...- Hospital characteristics associated with success in a pay-for-performance program in orthopaedic surgeryTimothy Bhattacharyya
Partners Orthopaedic Trauma Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Yawkey 3600, Boston, MA 02114, USA
J Bone Joint Surg Am 90:1240-3. 2008.... - Knee pain after tibial nailing: the role of nail prominenceTimothy Bhattacharyya
Partners Orthopaedic Trauma Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Clin Orthop Relat Res 449:303-7. 2006..Level of Evidence: Prognostic Study, Level II-1 (retrospective study). See the Guidelines for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence... - The accuracy of computed tomography for the diagnosis of tibial nonunionTimothy Bhattacharyya
Partners Orthopaedic Trauma Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Yawkey 3600, Boston, MA 02118, USA
J Bone Joint Surg Am 88:692-7. 2006..However, it is limited by low specificity and may sometimes misrepresent a healed fracture as a nonunion. Surgeons must be aware of this pitfall in order to accurately determine which patients need surgical intervention... - Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs and nonunion of humeral shaft fracturesTimothy Bhattacharyya
Partners Orthopaedic Trauma Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Arthritis Rheum 53:364-7. 2005..Although these associations may be causal, they are more likely to reflect the use of analgesics by patients with painful nonhealing fractures... - The validity of claims made in orthopaedic print advertisementsTimothy Bhattacharyya
Boston University Medical Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Massachusetts 02118, USA
J Bone Joint Surg Am 85:1224-8. 2003..CONCLUSIONS: Orthopaedic surgeons should interpret claims made in orthopaedic print advertisements with caution. Approximately half of the claims are not supported by enough data to be used in a clinical decision-making process... - Rate of and risk factors for acute inpatient mortality after orthopaedic surgeryTimothy Bhattacharyya
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Lahey Clinic, Burlinton, Massachusetts 01805, USA
J Bone Joint Surg Am 84:562-72. 2002..1% for patients with a hip fracture, and 0.5% for patients without a hip fracture. These data will aid orthopaedic surgeons in predicting operative mortality for their patients...