Journal article
Influence of Podiatry on Orthopedic Surgery at a Level I Trauma Center
Orthopedics (Thorofare, N.J.), v 37(6), pp E571-E575
01 Jun 2014
PMID: 24972439
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Abstract
Level I trauma centers frequently see trauma at or below the ankle, which requires consultation with the orthopedic surgery department. However, as podiatry programs begin to firmly establish themselves in more Level I trauma centers, their consultations increase, ultimately taking those once seen by orthopedic surgery. A review of the literature demonstrates that this paradigm shift has yet to be discussed. The purpose of this study was to determine how many, if any, lower extremity fracture consultations a newly developed podiatry program would take from the orthopedic surgery department. A retrospective review was performed of emergency department records from January 2007 to December 2011. Seventeen different emergency department diagnoses were used to search the database. Ultimately, each patient's emergency department course was researched. Several trends were noted. First, if trauma surgery was involved, only the orthopedic surgery department was consulted for any injuries at or below the ankle. Second, the emergency department tended to consult the podiatry program only between the hours of 8 AM and 6 PM. Third, as the podiatry program became more established, their number of consultations increased yearly, and, coincidentally, the orthopedic surgery department's consultations decreased. Finally, high-energy traumas involved only the orthopedic surgery department. Whether the orthopedic surgery department or podiatry program is consulted regarding trauma surgery is likely hospital dependent.
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- Title
- Influence of Podiatry on Orthopedic Surgery at a Level I Trauma Center
- Creators
- Andre M. Jakoi - Drexel Coll Med, Dept Orthopaed Surg, Philadelphia, PA 19102 USAAndrew B. Old - Drexel Coll Med, Dept Orthopaed Surg, Philadelphia, PA 19102 USACraig A. O'Neill - Houston Methodist Hosp, Dept Orthopaed Surg, Houston, TX USABenjamjamin E. Stein - Johns Hopkins Univ, Dept Orthopaed Surg, Baltimore, MD USAEric P. Stander - Drexel Coll Med, Dept Emergency Med, Philadelphia, PA 19102 USAJoseph Rosenblatt - St Christophers Hosp Children, Dept Orthopaed Surg, Philadelphia, PA 19133 USAMartin J. Herman - St Christophers Hosp Children, Dept Orthopaed Surg, Philadelphia, PA 19133 USA
- Publication Details
- Orthopedics (Thorofare, N.J.), v 37(6), pp E571-E575
- Publisher
- Slack Inc
- Number of pages
- 5
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Pediatrics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000338210900009
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84903377355
- Other Identifier
- 991019168617904721
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