Biomedical subjects

Jennifer Manuel

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PubMed2006

An integrated relapse prevention and relationship safety intervention for women on methadone: testing short-term effects on intimate partner violence and substance use.

This study tests the feasibility, safety, and short-term preliminary effects of a relapse prevention and relationship safety (RPRS) intervention in reducing drug use and the experience of intimate partner violence (IPV) among women on methadone. For this randomized controlled trial, 34 women who met IPV and drug use criteria were randomly assigned to either the RPRS condition (n = 16) or a one-session informational control (IC) condition (n = 18). RPRS participants were more likely than IC participants to report a decrease in minor physical or sexual IPV (OR = 7.1, p = .05), minor psychological IPV (OR = 5.3, p = .03) and severe psychological IPV (OR = 6.07, p = .03) at the 3-month follow-up. Data suggest that RPRS participants were also more likely than IC participants to report a decrease in any drug use at 3 months (OR = 3.3, p = .08). This study provides preliminary evidence that the RPRS intervention is effective in reducing IPV and drug use among women on methadone.

Adult↗

PubMed2003

Gluteus medius tendon injury during reaming for gamma nail insertion.

The use of intramedullary hip screws such as the Gamma nail has become a popular option for treatment of proximal femur fractures. The manufacturer recommends that the Gamma nail be inserted at the junction of the anterior (1/3) and posterior (2/3) of the tip of the greater trochanter and on the tip in the same region that the gluteus medius inserts. The purpose of the current cadaveric study was to quantify the damage to the gluteus medius tendon secondary to reaming of the greater trochanter necessary for safe Gamma nail insertion. The gluteus medius was identified and its tendinous insertion was measured. A Kirschner wire was placed in the recommended entry point using the assistance of C-arm fluoroscopy and a 17-mm reamer was advanced over the wire. The tendon then was inspected to evaluate the amount of intrasubstance damage. In 27 of 34 specimens, the portal was contained completely within the tendinous insertion of the gluteus medius. The percentage of the tendon insertion disrupted by the reamer ranged from 14.8% to 52.5% with an average of 27%. During appropriate placement of the Gamma nail, damage to the gluteus medius tendon is unavoidable and should be recognized as a potential cause of postoperative morbidity.

Bone Nails↗

PubMed2003

Patient compliance in avoiding wrong-site surgery.

BACKGROUND: Wrong-site orthopaedic surgery is an uncommon, devastating, and preventable complication. The sole responsibility for avoiding this inadvertent event has historically been placed on physicians, nurses, and ancillary health-care personnel. Very little attention has been focused on the role of the patient. The successful outcome of any surgical or medical intervention requires an interactive doctor-patient relationship. The hypothesis of this study was that a substantial number of patients who undergo elective orthopaedic surgery do not comply with instructions designed specifically to prevent wrong-site surgery. METHODS: We prospectively evaluated the frequency with which 100 consecutive patients in a private foot-and-ankle practice followed the explicit preoperative instruction, before they underwent elective orthopaedic surgery, to mark "NO" on the extremity that was not to be operated on. Full compliance was defined as a mark on the correct extremity consistent with the instructions. Partial compliance was defined as a mark that was different from that requested by the specific preoperative instructions, and noncompliance was defined as the absence of any mark. Specific demographic and surgical factors were recorded from medical charts and compared between compliant and noncompliant patients. RESULTS: Fifty-nine of the 100 patients marked the extremity correctly, thirty-seven made no mark, and four were considered partially compliant. Of the ten patients with a Workers' Compensation claim, seven were noncompliant compared with thirty (33%) of the ninety patients who had not made a Workers' Compensation claim (p = 0.023). Patients who had had a previous related surgical procedure also had a significantly higher rate of noncompliance (51%; nineteen of thirty-seven) compared with those with no previous surgery (29%; eighteen of sixty-three; p = 0.023). CONCLUSIONS: A surprisingly high number of patients do not comply with explicit preoperative instructions created specifically to prevent wrong-site surgery. This behavior suggests that patients expect the system to "take care of everything," despite solicitation of their active participation to avoid such adverse events. Although physicians and related health-care personnel certainly have the greatest responsibility to provide the highest possible quality of care, patients undergoing surgery must be encouraged to take a more active role in their health care in order to optimize outcome and minimize risk.

Adolescent↗