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| Andrew N PollakSummaryAffiliation: University of Maryland Country: USA Publications
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Outcomes after treatment of high-energy tibial plafond fracturesAndrew N Pollak
Department of Orthopaedics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore 21201, USA
J Bone Joint Surg Am 85:1893-900. 2003..Our purpose was to assess midterm health, function, and impairment after pilon fractures and to examine patient, injury, and treatment characteristics that influence outcome...
The relationship between time to surgical debridement and incidence of infection after open high-energy lower extremity traumaAndrew N Pollak
University of Maryland School of Medicine, 22 South Greene Street, Suite T3R54, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Bone Joint Surg Am 92:7-15. 2010..The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the relationship between the timing of the initial treatment of open fractures and the development of subsequent infection as well as to assess contributing factors...- Use of negative pressure wound therapy during aeromedical evacuation of patients with combat-related blast injuriesAndrew N Pollak
Division of Orthopaedic Trauma, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 22 South Greene Street, Suite T3R54, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Surg Orthop Adv 19:44-8. 2010..Use of NPWT during aeromedical evacuation appears safe and feasible in a large cohort of patients with high-energy injuries. Complications were consistent with severity of injury and not related to failure of NPWT... 
Use of negative pressure wound therapy with reticulated open cell foam for lower extremity traumaAndrew N Pollak
Division of Orthopaedic Traumatology, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
J Orthop Trauma 22:S142-5. 2008..For traumatic wounds, dressing care may be simplified and healing encouraged. For surgical incisions, risk of secondary wound dehiscence and infection may be lowered...- Extremity war injuries: challenges in definitive reconstructionAndrew N Pollak
Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
J Am Acad Orthop Surg 16:628-34. 2008..Treatment options in any given case of massive periarticular defects must consider the specific anatomic and physiologic challenges presented as well as the capabilities of the treating surgeon... - Early predictors of long-term work disability after major limb traumaEllen J MacKenzie
Center for Injury Research and Policy, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
J Trauma 61:688-94. 2006..A better understanding of the factors influencing return to work (RTW) after major limb trauma is essential in reducing the high costs associated with these injuries... - Health-care costs associated with amputation or reconstruction of a limb-threatening injuryEllen J MacKenzie
Center for Injury Research and Policy, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 624 North Broadway, Room 482, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Bone Joint Surg Am 89:1685-92. 2007..The goal of this study was to compare two-year direct health-care costs and projected lifetime health-care costs associated with these two treatment pathways... - Special topicsRomney C Andersen
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
J Am Acad Orthop Surg 20:S94-8. 2012..In addition, the training of surgeons for war as well as residents in a wartime environment was reviewed... - Surgeons and their patients disagree regarding cosmetic and overall outcomes after surgery for high-energy lower extremity traumaRobert V O'Toole
R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Orthop Trauma 23:716-23. 2009..To determine whether surgeons' and patients' perceptions of outcomes after high-energy lower-extremity trauma are similar and to identify factors associated with disagreement... - Determinants of patient satisfaction after severe lower-extremity injuriesRobert V O'Toole
Department of Orthopaedics, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 22 South Greene Street, T3R62, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Bone Joint Surg Am 90:1206-11. 2008.... - Long-term persistence of disability following severe lower-limb trauma. Results of a seven-year follow-upEllen J MacKenzie
Center for Injury Research and Policy, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 624 North Broadway, Room 554, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Bone Joint Surg Am 87:1801-9. 2005..The present study was designed to determine whether those outcomes improved after two years, and whether differences according to the type of treatment emerged... - Resuscitation before stabilization of femoral fractures limits acute respiratory distress syndrome in patients with multiple traumatic injuries despite low use of damage control orthopedicsRobert V O'Toole
Department of Orthopaedics, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
J Trauma 67:1013-21. 2009..Damage control orthopedics (DCO) with primary external fixation usually is reserved for those rare patients who do not respond to resuscitation. Our hypothesis was that this approach yields a low rate of ARDS... - Updates on disaster preparedness and progress in disaster reliefAndrew N Pollak
University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
J Am Acad Orthop Surg 20:S54-8. 2012..If successful, several initiatives proposed to improve disaster response and increase surgical capacity in Haiti could be deployed to other low- and middle-income countries... - Pelvic ring fractures are an independent risk factor for death after blunt traumaJeff E Schulman
Department of Orthopaedics, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
J Trauma 68:930-4. 2010..Our hypothesis was that pelvic ring fracture is an independent risk factor for death, even after accounting for the risk of death from other associated injuries... - Orthopaedic trauma care in Haiti: a cost-effectiveness analysis of an innovative surgical residency programLucas C Carlson
University of Maryland School of Medicine, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Value Health 15:887-93. 2012..The purpose of this analysis was to calculate the cost-effectiveness of the program relative to its potential to decrease disability in the Haitian population... - Does supplemental epidural anesthesia improve outcomes of acetabular fracture surgery?Joseph E Strauss
R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Orthop Trauma 26:67-72. 2012..Our hypothesis was that epidural anesthesia would result in improvement in short-term outcomes and therefore justify any associated increases in anesthesia induction time, treatment costs, or risks... - Extremity war injuries: collaborative efforts in research, host nation care, and disaster preparednessAndrew N Pollak
Division of Orthopaedic Trauma, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
J Am Acad Orthop Surg 18:3-9. 2010..Similarly, providing the most comprehensive care to the greatest number of injured in the context of domestic mass casualty requires discussion and planning by all groups involved... - Essentials of disaster management: the role of the orthopaedic surgeonChristopher T Born
Department of Orthopaedics, Rhode Island Hospital, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
Instr Course Lect 60:3-14. 2011..Credentialing and coordination between designated organizations and the federal government are essential to allow civilian orthopaedic surgeons to access systems capable of disaster response... - Extrapolation of battlefield resuscitative care to the civilian settingJean Claude G D'Alleyrand
Division of Orthopaedic Traumatology, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, 22 S Greene Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Surg Orthop Adv 19:62-9. 2010..Use of recombinant factor VIIa has improved hemorrhage control in the context of brain injury and coagulopathy and increasing the ratio of plasma to red cells during early shock resuscitation has improved survival... - The impact of trauma centre accreditation on patient outcomeJames N DeBritz
Division of Orthopaedic Trauma, University of Maryland School of Medicine, R Adams Cowley Shock-Trauma Centre, 22 South Greene St, Baltimore, MD 21201, United States
Injury 37:1166-71. 2006..We review the evidence to date, which suggests significant mortality reductions albeit from mainly Class III studies and reflect on the future sustainability of this initiative given mounting financial pressures... - Pelvic fracture in geriatric patients: a distinct clinical entitySharon M Henry
Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
J Trauma 53:15-20. 2002..The purpose of this study was to describe differences in demographics, injury pattern, transfusion needs, and outcome of pelvic fractures in older versus younger patients... - Recombinant human BMP-2 and allograft compared with autogenous bone graft for reconstruction of diaphyseal tibial fractures with cortical defects. A randomized, controlled trialAlan L Jones
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
J Bone Joint Surg Am 88:1431-41. 2006..LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Therapeutic Level II. See Instructions to Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence...
Research Grants
- Extremity War Injuries: Current, State of the ArtAndrew Pollak; Fiscal Year: 2006..The AAOS requested the $15 million to establish the Orthopaedic Trauma Research Program within the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research (ISR) at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. ..