Outcomes of Pediatric Supracondylar Humerus Fracture Fixation in a District Hospital in Saudi Arabia: A Retrospective Study.

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Conflict of interest statement: Human subjects: Consent for treatment and open access publication was obtained or waived by all participants in this study. Animal subjects: All authors have confirmed that this study did not involve animal subjects or tissue. Conflicts of interest: In compliance with the ICMJE uniform disclosure form, all authors declare the following: Payment/services info: All authors have declared that no financial support was received from any organization for the submitted work. Financial relationships: All authors have declared that they have no financial relationships at present or within the previous three years with any organizations that might have an interest in the submitted work. Other relationships: All authors have declared that there are no other relationships or activities that could appear to have influenced the submitted work. 11. Orthopedics. 2019 May 1;42(3):e317-e321. doi: 10.3928/01477447-20190307-02. Epub 2019 Mar 12. Operative Time and Cost Vary by Surgeon: An Analysis of Supracondylar Humerus Fractures in Children. Striano BM, Brusalis CM, Flynn JM, Talwar D, Shah AS. Operative time is a critical driver of cost in orthopedics and an important target for improving value in health care. This study used an archetypal pediatric orthopedic procedure to identify surgeon-dependent variability in operative time. The authors reviewed patients 12 years or younger treated with closed reduction and percutaneous pinning for extension-type supracondylar humerus fractures. Variability in operative time across surgeons was assessed. Surgeon experience at the time of the procedure and case volume (quarterly) were evaluated to explain variations in operative time. A total of 1472 patients were reviewed (57% Gartland type II and 43% type III fractures). Procedures were performed by 12 fellowship-trained pediatric orthopedists with 2 weeks to 32.8 years of experience. For individual surgeons, the mean operative time ranged from 20.4 to 33.7 minutes for type II fractures and from 31.0 to 46.8 minutes for type III fractures. There was significant variation across surgeons in mean operative time and cost (P