Koval KJ

Does Low-Intensity Pulsed Ultrasound Reduce Time to Fracture Healing? A Meta-Analysis

Publish date: February 1, 2012

We conducted a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials to obtain a more precise estimate of the effect of low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (L...

Publish date: March 1, 2011

We studied National Trauma Data Bank data to determine the effectiveness of car safety devices in reducing mortality and injury severity in 184,99...

Publish date: January 1, 2011

This study used the National Inpatient Sample database for 1998 through 2003 to identify patients who were aged 65 years or older and had undergon...

Publish date: August 1, 2010

We conducted a study to compare complication rates in patients treated with hemiarthroplasty for femoral neck fracture by surgeons with variable e...

Publish date: December 1, 2009

We assessed the differential complications and mortality rates of teaching versus nonteaching hospitals in July against other month-to-month diffe...

Publish date: January 1, 2009

To examine disparity in race for hip fracture treatment, we identified femoral neck fractures and pertrochanteric fractures from a 20% sample of 1...

Publish date: May 1, 2007

It was recently reported that use of a perforated, stretchable cloth tape instead of silk tape reduced the incidence of postoperative blisters aro...

Publish date: April 1, 2007

Despite the general success of the sliding hip screw for stabilization of intertrochanteric fractures, there is dissatisfaction with the resultant...

Publish date: March 1, 2007

We compared the clinical efficacy and side-effect profiles of aspirin, dextran 40, and low-molecular-weight heparin (enoxaparin) in preventing thr...