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Andrew Schwartz

Assistant Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery
Orthopaedic Surgery

Scholarly Works - Conferences


Impact of Prolonged Skeletal Traction in Patients With Acetabular Fractures.

Conference J Orthop Trauma · February 2020 OBJECTIVES: To explore the association between increased time in traction and in-hospital pulmonary complications in patients with acetabular fractures. DESIGN: Retrospective. SETTING: Level I trauma center. PATIENTS/PARTICIPANTS: One hundred ninety consec ... Full text Link to item Cite

Frailty and Malnutrition Are Associated With Inpatient Postoperative Complications and Mortality in Hip Fracture Patients.

Conference J Orthop Trauma · March 2019 OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship of nutrition parameters with the modified frailty index (mFI) and postoperative complications in hip fracture patients. DESIGN: Retrospective observational cohort study. SETTING: Urban, American College of Surgeons-Ve ... Full text Link to item Cite