Jardaly A, Torrez TW, McGwin G, Gilbert SR. Comparing complications of outpatient management of slipped capital femoral epiphysis and Blount’s disease: A database study. World J Orthop 2022; 13(4): 373-380 [PMID: 35582157 DOI: 10.5312/wjo.v13.i4.373]
Corresponding Author of This Article
Shawn R Gilbert, MD, Surgeon, Department of Pediatric Orthopaedics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, ACC Suite 316, Children’s Hospital, 1600 7th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35233, United States. srgilbert@uabmc.edu
Research Domain of This Article
Orthopedics
Article-Type of This Article
Retrospective Study
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World J Orthop. Apr 18, 2022; 13(4): 373-380 Published online Apr 18, 2022. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v13.i4.373
Comparing complications of outpatient management of slipped capital femoral epiphysis and Blount’s disease: A database study
Achraf Jardaly, Timothy W Torrez, Gerald McGwin, Shawn R Gilbert
Achraf Jardaly, Department of Orthopaedics, Hughston Foundation/Hughston Clinic, Columbus, GA 31909, United States
Timothy W Torrez, Department of Orthopedics, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL 35205, United States
Gerald McGwin, Department of Epidemiology, Center of Clinical and Translational Science, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35205, United States
Shawn R Gilbert, Department of Pediatric Orthopaedics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35233, United States
Author contributions: Jardaly A contributed to the manuscript preparation, data collection, revisions; Torrez TW contributed to the manuscript preparation, data collection, revisions; McGwin G contributed to the data analysis and statistics; Gilbert SR contributed to the manuscript preparation and was the principal investigator.
Institutional review board statement: This study was institutional review board exempt.
Informed consent statement: Informed consent was waived as per the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s IRB guidelines.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors do not endorse any conflict of interests.
Data sharing statement: Technical appendix, statistical code, and dataset available from the corresponding author at achraf.jardaly@lau.edu.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Shawn R Gilbert, MD, Surgeon, Department of Pediatric Orthopaedics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, ACC Suite 316, Children’s Hospital, 1600 7th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35233, United States. srgilbert@uabmc.edu
Received: July 27, 2021 Peer-review started: August 2, 2021 First decision: December 27, 2021 Revised: January 10, 2022 Accepted: February 23, 2022 Article in press: February 23, 2022 Published online: April 18, 2022
ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS
Research background
Currents trends in pediatric orthopaedics has seen an increase in surgeries being successfully completed in an outpatient setting.
Research motivation
Limited data is available on safety and efficacy of managing slipped capital femoral epipphysis and Blount’s disease in the outpatient setting.
Research objectives
Is outpatient management safe and effective for slipped capital femoral epipphysis and Blount’s disease in the outpatient setting.
Research methods
Retrospective analysis of a large multi-institutional database.
Research results
In summary complications were minimal in outpatient surgical management for slipped capital femoral epiphysis and Blount’s disease in the outpatient setting.
Research conclusions
Surgeons should consider outpatient management for both slipped capital femoral epiphysis and Blount’s disease.
Research perspectives
This study should prompt future research in outcomes of outpatient management of other previous inpatient pediatric orthopaedic procedures.
