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2022, 'Erratum: Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy: did it ever work? A narrative review from basic research to proposed disease framework and science of clinical practice (ACTA ORTHOP 2022; 93 :82–91. 10.1080/17453674.2021.1979793)', Acta Orthopaedica, 93, pp. 92, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17453674.2021.1994233
,2021, 'How do people perceive different labels for rotator cuff disease? A content analysis of data collected in a randomised controlled experiment', BMJ Open, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052092
,2021, 'CRISTAL (a cluster-randomised, crossover, non-inferiority trial of aspirin compared to low molecular weight heparin for venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in hip or knee arthroplasty, a registry nested study): statistical analysis plan', Trials, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05486-0
,2021, 'Effect of weight-loss diets prior to elective surgery on postoperative outcomes in obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Clinical Obesity, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cob.12485
,2021, 'Increased Early Mortality in Bilateral Simultaneous TKA Using Conventional Instrumentation Compared with Technology-Assisted Surgery: A Study of 34,908 Procedures from a National Registry', Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 103, pp. 2177 - 2180, http://dx.doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.21.00029
,2021, 'Normalising comparative effectiveness trials as clinical practice', Trials, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05566-1
,2021, 'Patient knowledge of rotator cuff related shoulder pain condition and treatment and validation of a patient-reported knowledge questionnaire', Musculoskeletal Care, 19, pp. 504 - 514, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/msc.1547
,2021, 'Physiotherapy utilisation and costs before lumbar spine surgery: a retrospective analysis of workers compensation claims in Australia', BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-021-04129-4
,2021, 'Placebo response and effect in randomized clinical trials: meta-research with focus on contextual effects', Trials, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05454-8
,2021, 'Rates, costs, return to work and reoperation following spinal surgery in a workers’ compensation cohort in New South Wales, 2010–2018: a cohort study using administrative data', BMC Health Services Research, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06900-8
,2021, 'Effectiveness of Oxycodone Hydrochloride (Strong Opioid) vs Combination Acetaminophen and Codeine (Mild Opioid) for Subacute Pain after Fractures Managed Surgically: A Randomized Clinical Trial', JAMA Network Open, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.34988
,2021, 'How doctors are betraying the Hippocratic oath', The BMJ, 375, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n2807
,2021, 'Non-compliance with clinical guidelines increases the risk of complications after primary total hip and knee joint replacement surgery', PLoS ONE, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260146
,2021, 'Online Information About the Effectiveness of Shoulder Surgery Is Not Based on the Best Available Evidence: A Content Analysis', Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 102, pp. 2141 - 2149.e2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2021.03.041
,2021, 'Erratum: Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy: did it ever work?', Acta Orthop, 93, pp. 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17453674.2021.1994233
,2021, 'Does a Prescription-based Comorbidity Index Correlate with the American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status Score and Mortality after Joint Arthroplasty? A Registry Study', Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, 479, pp. 2181 - 2190, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/CORR.0000000000001895
,2021, 'Effectiveness of a multifaceted intervention to improve emergency department care of low back pain: A stepped-wedge, cluster-randomised trial', BMJ Quality and Safety, 30, pp. 825 - 835, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2020-012337
,2021, 'Has the reporting of patient-important outcomes improved in surgical trials? A meta-epidemiological study', ANZ Journal of Surgery, 91, pp. 2014 - 2020, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ans.16922
,2021, 'Low back pain presentations to New South Wales emergency departments: Trends over time and geographical variation', EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia, 33, pp. 868 - 874, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1742-6723.13745
,2021, 'Spinal cord stimulation for low back pain', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2021, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD014789
,2021, 'The Association Between Preoperative Patient-Reported Health Status and Postoperative Survey Completion Following Arthroplasty: Registry-Based Cohort Study (Preprint)', , http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/preprints.33414
,2021, '1379Has the reporting quality of published randomised controlled trial protocols improved since the SPIRIT statement?', International Journal of Epidemiology, 50, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyab168.645
,2021, 'How much change in symptoms do spinal surgeons expect following lumbar decompression and microdiscectomy?', Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 91, pp. 243 - 248, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jocn.2021.07.005
,2021, 'Observing the use of knee arthroplasty appropriateness tools in clinical practice: do appropriateness criteria tools predict surgeon decision-making?', Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 29, pp. 1275 - 1281, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2021.06.009
,2021, 'Patient and hospital factors influencing discharge destination following hip fracture', Australasian Journal on Ageing, 40, pp. e234 - e243, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajag.12905
,2021, 'Development of a patient decision aid on subacromial decompression surgery and rotator cuff repair surgery: An international mixed-methods study', BMJ Open, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054032
,2021, 'Diagnostic labels for rotator cuff disease can increase people’s perceived need for shoulder surgery: An online randomized controlled trial', Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy, 51, pp. 401 - 411, http://dx.doi.org/10.2519/jospt.2021.10375
,2021, 'Patient factors associated with referral to inpatient rehabilitation following knee or hip arthroplasty in a public sector cohort: A prognostic factor study', Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 27, pp. 809 - 816, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jep.13479
,2021, 'Prescription Opioids Higher Among Knee Arthroplasty Recipients Randomized to Inpatient Rehabilitation', ACR Open Rheumatology, 3, pp. 573 - 577, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/acr2.11304
,2021, 'What do people post on social media relative to low back pain? A content analysis of Australian data', Musculoskeletal Science and Practice, 54, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msksp.2021.102402
,2021, 'Are responders to patient health surveys representative of those invited to participate? An analysis of the Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Pilot from the Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry', PLoS ONE, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254196
,2021, 'Impact of pre-surgery hospital transfer on time to surgery and 30-day mortality for people with hip fractures', Medical Journal of Australia, 215, pp. 87 - 88, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.51083
,2021, 'Patient, surgical and hospital factors associated with the presence of a consultant surgeon during hip fracture surgery. Do we know the answer?', ANZ Journal of Surgery, 91, pp. 1435 - 1440, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ans.16867
,2021, 'Association between number of replacements and readmissions following total knee and total hip replacements in New South Wales' public hospitals', ANZ Journal of Surgery, 91, pp. 1277 - 1283, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ans.16882
,2021, 'Implications for research and clinical use from a Rasch analysis of the HOOS-12 and KOOS-12 instruments', Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 29, pp. 824 - 833, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2021.02.568
,2021, 'Patient-reported outcomes after hip and knee arthroplasty RESULTS FROM A LARGE NATIONAL REGISTRY', Bone and Joint Open, 2, pp. 422 - 432, http://dx.doi.org/10.1302/2633-1462.26.BJO-2021-0053.R1
,2021, 'Performance of the HOOS-12 and KOOS-12 instruments for evaluating outcomes from joint replacement surgery', Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 29, pp. 815 - 823, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2021.03.003
,2021, 'National Implementation of an Electronic Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Program for Joint Replacement Surgery: Pilot Study (Preprint)', , http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/preprints.30245
,2021, 'Arithmetic hip-knee-ankle angle (aHKA): An algorithm for estimating constitutional lower limb alignment in the arthritic patient population', Bone and Joint Open, 2, pp. 351 - 358, http://dx.doi.org/10.1302/2633-1462.25.BJO-2021-0028.R1
,2021, 'Does identifying frailty from ICD-10 coded data on hospital admission improve prediction of adverse outcomes in older surgical patients? A population-based study', Age and Ageing, 50, pp. 802 - 808, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afaa214
,2021, 'Online Decision Aids for Knee Arthroplasty: An Environmental Scan', JBJS Reviews, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.RVW.20.00088
,2021, '“I would not go to him”: Focus groups exploring community responses to a public health campaign aimed at reducing unnecessary diagnostic imaging of low back pain', Health Expectations, 24, pp. 648 - 658, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hex.13211
,2021, 'Challenges faced by musculoskeletal health research in Australia and New Zealand due to the COVID-19 pandemic', Internal Medicine Journal, 51, pp. 622, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.15254
,2021, 'Healthcare expenditure and its predictors in a cohort of Australians living with sciatica', European Spine Journal, 30, pp. 878 - 885, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00586-020-06605-2
,2021, 'Intramedullary nailing versus sliding hip screw for A1 and A2 trochanteric hip fractures: WHAT FACTORS INFLUENCE SURGEONS' CHOICE OF IMPLANT?', Bone and Joint Journal, 103 B, pp. 775 - 781, http://dx.doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.103B.BJJ-2020-1490.R1
,2021, 'Surgical Plating vs Closed Reduction for Fractures in the Distal Radius in Older Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial', JAMA Surgery, 156, pp. 229 - 237, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2020.5672
,2021, 'Revision Risk after Unipolar or Bipolar Hemiarthroplasty for Femoral Neck Fractures: An Instrumental Variable Analysis of 62,875 Procedures from the Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry', Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 103, pp. 195 - 204, http://dx.doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.20.00486
,2021, 'A comparison of the distribution of Medical Research Future Fund grants with disease burden in Australia', Medical Journal of Australia, 214, pp. 111 - 113.e1, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.50916
,2021, 'Aspirin versus enoxaparin for the initial prevention of venous thromboembolism following elective arthroplasty of the hip or knee: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Orthopaedics and Traumatology: Surgery and Research, 107, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.otsr.2020.04.002
,2021, 'Aspirin versus enoxaparin for the initial prevention of venous thromboembolism following elective arthroplasty of the hip or knee: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Revue de Chirurgie Orthopedique et Traumatologique, 107, pp. 44 - 45, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rcot.2020.04.010
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