Selected Publications

Axelrod D, Comeau-Gauthier M, Bzovsky S, Schemitsch EH, Poolman RW, Frihagen F, Guerra-Farfán E, Heels-Ansdell D, Bhandari M, Sprague S.: What Predicts Health-Related Quality of Life for Patients With Displaced Femoral Neck Fractures Managed With Arthroplasty? A Secondary Analysis of the HEALTH Trial. Journal of orthopaedic trauma 34 : 2020.

Neilly D, MacDonald DR, Sprague S, Bzovsky S, Axelrod D, Poolman RW, Frihagen F, Heels-Ansdell D, Bhandari M, Schemitsch EH, Stevenson IM: Predictors of Medical Serious Adverse Events in Hip Fracture Patients Treated With Arthroplasty. Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma 34 : 2020.

Bzovsky S, Comeau-Gauthier M, Schemitsch EH, Swiontkowski M, Heels-Ansdell D, Frihagen F, Bhandari M, Sprague S.: Factors Associated With Mortality After Surgical Management of Femoral Neck Fractures Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma. 434 : 2020.

Blankstein M, Schemitsch EH, Bzovsky S, Axelrod D, Poolman RW, Frihagen F, Bhandari M, Swiontkowski M, Sprague S, Schottel PC.: The FAITH and HEALTH Trials: Are We Studying Different Hip Fracture Patient Populations? Journal of orthopaedic trauma. 34 : 2020.

Noori A, Sprague S, Bzovsky S, Schemitsch EH, Poolman RW, Frihagen F, Axelrod D, Heels-Ansdell D, Bhandari M, Busse JW, HEALTH Investigators.: Predictors of Long-Term Pain After Hip Arthroplasty in Patients With Femoral Neck Fractures: A Cohort Study. Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma 34 : 2020.

Sivaratnam S, Comeau-Gauthier M, Sprague S, Schemitsch EH, Poolman RW, Frihagen F, Bhandari M, Swiontkowski M, Bzovsky S.: Predictors of Loss to Follow-up in Hip Fracture Trials: A Secondary Analysis of the FAITH and HEALTH Trials. Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma 34 : 2020.

Würdemann FS, Poolman RW, Krijnen P, Bzovsky S, Sprague S, Kaptein BL, Hegeman JH, Schemitsch EH, Bhandari M, Swiontkowski M, Schipper IB.: Clockwise Torque of Sliding Hip Screws: Is There a Right Side? Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma. 34 : 2020.

DeAngelis RD, Minutillo GT, Stein MK, Schemitsch EH, Bzovsky S, Sprague S, Bhandari M, Donegan DJ, Mehta S.: Who Did the Arthroplasty? Hip Fracture Surgery Reoperation Rates are Not Affected by Type of Training—An Analysis of the HEALTH Database. Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma. 34 : 2020.

MacDonald DR, Neilly D, Schneider PS, Bzovsky S, Sprague S, Axelrod D, Poolman RW, Frihagen F, Bhandari M, Swiontkowski M, Schemitsch EH.: Venous Thromboembolism in Hip Fracture Patients: A Subanalysis of the FAITH and HEALTH Trials. Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma 34 : 2020.

Afaq S, O'Hara NN, Schemitsch EH, Bzovsky S, Sprague S, Poolman RW, Frihagen F, Heels-Ansdell D, Bhandari M, Swiontkowski M, Slobogean GP.: Arthroplasty Versus Internal Fixation for the Treatment of Undisplaced Femoral Neck Fractures: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma 34 : 2020.

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