Travis Michael Hughes

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• Hughes, T., & Hughes, T. (2023). An Argument for Cemented Hemiarthroplasty in Geriatric Hip Fractures. J Orthop Trauma. doi:10.1097/BOT.0000000000002647
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  Hughes T, Richard B. An Argument for Cemented Hemiarthroplasty in Geriatric Hip Fractures. J Orthop Trauma. 2023 Sep 1;37(9):e382-e383. doi: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000002647. PMID: 37587568.
• Desilva, G. L., Hughes, T. M., Jones, R. E., & Lawson, K. A. (2017).

  Citation analysis of the 100 most common articles regarding distal radius fractures.

  . Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma, 8(1), 73-75. doi:10.1016/j.jcot.2016.09.005
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  Bibliometric studies are increasingly being utilized as a tool for gauging the impact of different literature within a given field. The purpose of this study was to identify the most cited articles related to the management of distal radius fractures to better understand how the evidence of this topic has been shaped and changed over time..We utilized the ISI web of science database to conduct a search for the term "distal radius fracture" under the "orthopaedics" research area heading, and sorted the results by number of times cited. The 100 most cited articles published in orthopedic journals were then analyzed for number of citations, source journal, year of publication, number of authors, study type, level of evidence, and clinical outcomes utilized..The 100 most cited articles identified were published between 1951 and 2009. Total number of citations ranged between 525 and 67, and came from ten different orthopedic journals. The largest number of articles came from J Hand Surg Am and J Bone Joint Surg Am, each with 32. Consistent with previous analyses of orthopedic literature, the articles were primarily clinical, and of these, 53/76 were case series. The vast majority were evidence level IV. Only a small percentage of articles utilized patient reported outcome measures..These data show that despite distal radius fractures being a common fracture encountered by physicians, very few of the articles were high quality studies, and only a low proportion of the studies include patient reported outcome measures. Surgeons should take this lack of high-level evidence into consideration when referencing classic papers in this field..Analysis of the 100 most cited distal radius fracture articles allows for delineation of which articles are most common in the field and if a higher level of evidence correlates positively with citation quantity.
• Hughes, T. M., Rowan, F. A., & Truchan, L. M. (2017).

  Lower Leg Fracture Irreducibility Resulting From Entrapment of the Fibula Within the Tibial Shaft.

  . American journal of orthopedics (Belle Mead, N.J.), 46(3), E160-E162.
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  The tibia is the most commonly fractured long bone. Tibia fractures are simple, and most are amenable to immediate closed reduction. Reported cases of irreducibility resulting from entrapment of soft-tissue structures are rare. We report the case of a 23-year-old man who, in a high-speed motor vehicle crash, sustained a closed lower leg fracture that was later found to have a unique pattern in which the fibula was entrapped in the medullary cavity of the tibia. Limited open reduction was performed, and the entrapped distal fibula was removed with use of a bone hook. The tibia was reduced, and a nail placed in standard fashion. The postoperative course leading to full recovery was unremarkable. This irreducible fracture pattern, not previously reported, should be considered during difficult closed reductions in order to prevent unnecessary neurovascular or bony injury.
• Matthews, J. R., Harrison, C. M., Hughes, T. M., Dezfuli, B., & Sheppard, J. E. (2016). Web Page Content and Quality Assessed for Shoulder Replacement.. American journal of orthopedics (Belle Mead, N.J.), 45(1), E20-6.
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  The Internet has become a major source for obtaining health-related information. This study assesses and compares the quality of information available online for shoulder replacement using medical (total shoulder arthroplasty [TSA]) and nontechnical (shoulder replacement [SR]) terminology. Three evaluators reviewed 90 websites for each search term across 3 search engines (Google, Yahoo, and Bing). Websites were grouped into categories, identified as commercial or noncommercial, and evaluated with the DISCERN questionnaire. Total shoulder arthroplasty provided 53 unique sites compared to 38 websites for SR. Of the 53 TSA websites, 30% were health professional-oriented websites versus 18% of SR websites. Shoulder replacement websites provided more patient-oriented information at 48%, versus 45% of TSA websites. In total, SR websites provided 47% (42/90) noncommercial websites, with the highest number seen in Yahoo, compared with TSA at 37% (33/90), with Google providing 13 of the 33 websites (39%). Using the nonmedical terminology with Yahoo's search engine returned the most noncommercial and patient-oriented websites. However, the quality of information found online was highly variable, with most websites being unreliable and incomplete, regardless of search term.