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Cost-effectiveness analysis of total ankle arthroplastyNelson F SooHoo
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California at Los Angeles, 10833 Le Conte Avenue, Room 76 143 CHS, Los Angeles, CA 90095
J Bone Joint Surg Am 86:2446-55. 2004..This study also identifies thresholds for the durability and function of ankle prostheses that, if met, would support more widespread dissemination of this new technology...- Factors predicting complication rates following total knee replacementNelson F SooHoo
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California at Los Angeles, 10945 Le Conte Avenue, PVUB 3355, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
J Bone Joint Surg Am 88:480-5. 2006..The purpose of this investigation was to expand on previous studies by more fully examining the role of a variety of patient and hospital characteristics in determining adverse outcomes following total knee replacement... 
Development of quality of care indicators for patients undergoing total hip or total knee replacementN F Soohoo
UCLA School of Medicine, 10945 Le Conte Avenue, PVUB 3355, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
BMJ Qual Saf 20:153-7. 2011..The objective of this study was to develop evidence-based quality indicators to measure key aspects of care that can be targeted to decrease variations in complication rates between surgeons performing total joint replacement...- Incidence and factors predicting pulmonary embolism and deep venous thrombosis following surgical treatment of ankle fracturesNelson F SooHoo
UCLA Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 10945 Le Conte Ave PVUB 3355, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Foot Ankle Surg 17:259-62. 2011..The purpose of this study was to identify the incidence and risk factors associated with pulmonary embolism and deep venous thrombosis following open reduction and internal fixation of ankle fractures... - Disparities in the utilization of high-volume hospitals for total knee replacementNelson F SooHoo
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 100:559-64. 2008..The objective of this study is to identify the characteristics of patients who undergo total knee replacement at high-volume hospitals and their differences from those who receive care at low-volume hospitals... - The results of utilizing proximal tibial bone graft in reconstructive procedures of the foot and ankleNelson F SooHoo
UCLA School of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 10945 Le Conte Avenue, PVUB 3355, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States
Foot Ankle Surg 14:62-6. 2008..The purpose of this study is to determine the clinical rate of bony healing following the use of proximal tibial bone graft in foot and ankle procedures... - Complication rates following open reduction and internal fixation of ankle fracturesNelson F SooHoo
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
J Bone Joint Surg Am 91:1042-9. 2009..The purpose of the present investigation was to examine the risks of complications after open reduction and internal fixation of ankle fractures in a large population-based study... 
Factors that predict short-term complication rates after total hip arthroplastyNelson F SooHoo
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine, 10945 Le Conte Avenue, PVUB 3355, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Clin Orthop Relat Res 468:2363-71. 2010..There remains uncertainty regarding the relative importance of patient factors such as comorbidity and provider factors such as hospital volume in predicting complication rates after total hip arthroplasty (THA)...- Incidence of pulmonary embolism following surgical treatment of metatarsal fracturesNelson F SooHoo
University of California, Los Angeles, Orthopaedic Surgery, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Foot Ankle Int 31:600-3. 2010.... - Perioperative quality-of-care measures for patients undergoing total hip or total knee replacementNelson F SooHoo
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
J Long Term Eff Med Implants 19:249-53. 2009..Our goal is to create a model for improving the quality of care and outcomes of total joint replacement in the United States by facilitating physicians in their efforts to apply the best scientific evidence to their daily practice... - Disparities in the utilization of high-volume hospitals for total hip replacementNelson F SooHoo
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California Los Angeles, 10945 Le Conte Ave, PVUB 3355, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 103:31-5. 2011..The objective of this study was to identify the characteristics of patients who undergo total-hip replacement at high-volume hospitals and their differences from those who receive care at low-volume hospitals... - Variations in the quality of care delivered to patients undergoing total knee replacement at 3 affiliated hospitalsNelson F SooHoo
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Orthopedics 34:356. 2011..03) at the lower-volume private hospital.Further study is warranted to determine the extent of variation in the delivery of care and its relationship to variation in outcomes of care for patients undergoing TKR... - Complication rates following operative treatment of calcaneus fracturesNelson F SooHoo
UCLA Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States
Foot Ankle Surg 17:233-8. 2011..The purpose of this study is to report the short-term complication rates and mid-term subtalar fusion rates following operative management of calcaneal fractures... - Comparison of reoperation rates following ankle arthrodesis and total ankle arthroplastyNelson F SooHoo
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California at Los Angeles, 10945 Le Conte Avenue, PVUB 3355, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
J Bone Joint Surg Am 89:2143-9. 2007..Our hypothesis was that patients treated with ankle replacement would have a lower risk of undergoing subtalar fusion but a higher overall risk of undergoing major revision surgery... - Responsiveness of the foot function index, AOFAS clinical rating systems, and SF-36 after foot and ankle surgeryNelson F SooHoo
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles, 10945 Le Conte Ave, PVUB 3355 CA 90095, USA
Foot Ankle Int 27:930-4. 2006.... - Cost-effectiveness analysis of unicompartmental knee arthroplasty as an alternative to total knee arthroplasty for unicompartmental osteoarthritisNelson F SooHoo
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California at Los Angeles, 10945 Le Conte Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
J Bone Joint Surg Am 88:1975-82. 2006..The purpose of this study was to compare the cost-effectiveness of unicompartmental knee arthroplasty as an alternative to total knee arthroplasty in patients with degenerative arthritis limited to either the medial or lateral compartment... - Evaluation of the validity of the AOFAS Clinical Rating Systems by correlation to the SF-36Nelson Fong SooHoo
UCLA Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 10833 Le Conte Avenue, Room 76 143 CHS, Box 956902, Los Angeles, CA 90095 6902, USA
Foot Ankle Int 24:50-5. 2003..11 to 0.53) than patients with forefoot disorders (-0.05 to 0.25). The low levels of correlation seen in this study suggest poor construct validity of the AOFAS Clinical Rating Systems... - Evaluation of the validity of the Foot Function Index in measuring outcomes in patients with foot and ankle disordersNelson F SooHoo
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine, 10945 Le Conte Avenue, PVUB 3355, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Foot Ankle Int 27:38-42. 2006..The SF-36 is an extensively validated outcomes tool that has been used as a benchmark in examining the validity of several orthopaedic outcomes tools... - Disparities in the utilization of high-volume hospitals for complex surgeryJerome H Liu
Center for Surgical Outcomes and Quality, Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, Calif, USA
JAMA 296:1973-80. 2006..These differences may limit their ability to access or receive care at a high-volume hospital... - A cotton batting compression dressing and fiberglass cast used safely in the immediate postoperative period after hindfoot or ankle surgeryMichael Eagan
Foot Ankle Int 27:706-10. 2006..As swelling subsides, this temporary immobilization is removed and replaced with a short-leg cast, making an additional office visit necessary, which adds to the cost as well as patient discomfort... - Primary total knee arthroplasty in California 1991 to 2001: does hospital volume affect outcomes?Nelson F SooHoo
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90095 6902, USA
J Arthroplasty 21:199-205. 2006..07-1.97, P = .016), and thrombophlebitis (0.49% vs 0.28%, OR 2.12, 95% CI 1.47-3.05, P </= .001). This study confirms the relationship of lower hospital volumes to a higher OR for complications after total knee arthroplasty... - The role of socioeconomic status on hip fractureD S Zingmond
Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 911 Broxton Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095 1736, USA
Osteoporos Int 17:1562-8. 2006..Race/ethnicity is a major determinant of hip fracture risk. Although socioeconomic status (e.g., income and acculturation) is often associated with race/ethnicity, its impact on hip fracture incidence is less well understood... - Cost-effectiveness analysis of core decompressionNelson Fong SooHoo
UCLA School of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
J Arthroplasty 21:670-81. 2006..This study demonstrates that core decompression has the potential to be a highly cost-effective alternative if it is leads to a delay in the need for total hip arthroplasty of 5 years or longer... - Optimal timeframe for reporting short-term complication rates after total knee arthroplastyNelson Fong SooHoo
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
J Arthroplasty 21:705-11. 2006..However, the regression results highlight the continued importance of reporting long-term outcomes... - Evaluation of the construct validity of the DASH questionnaire by correlation to the SF-36Nelson Fong SooHoo
Emory University Hospital and The Emory Clinic, Atlanta, GA, USA
J Hand Surg [Am] 27:537-41. 2002..These results support the DASH questionnaire as a valid measure of health status useful in patients with a wide variety of upper-extremity complaints...