Dr. Robert Walker

Board Certified Emergency Orthopedic Surgeon. #animalover #Orthopedicsurgery #Dad

[Dr. Robert Walker @WalkerRo2]

Anti-retroviral therapy does not result in the development of a nonunion following a fracture, but does appear to slow the fracture-healing process.

#BJR #Fracture #OpenAccess
@DrSiGraham

@Oxford_Trauma

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[Pearson Sharp @PearsonSharp]

anyone have any context on this? Poll worker says you can only vote Democrat, not Republican, because they "don't have enough staff." 🤔

[Dr. Robert Walker @WalkerRo2]

Here’s the Chest X-Ray of a young lady who presented to the ER with shortness of breath and cough for 2 days

What’s the diagnosis?

[Dr. Robert Walker @WalkerRo2]

Single-stage revision with intra-articular antibiotic infusion can provide high antibiotic concentration in synovial fluid, thereby overcoming reduced vascular supply and biofilm formation.

#infection #orthopedics

https://t.co/hTYCu1Qqus

[Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog]

I continue to believe that the most powerful and relevant criticism of Joe Biden is that he is a senile incompetent destroying the country, not that his son is a crackhead

[Dr. Robert Walker @WalkerRo2]

This efficacy trial investigated the effect of an electrochemically applied hydroxyapatite coating on the migration of porous titanium plasma-sprayed cementless stems up to five years’ follow-up.

#arthroplasty #ortho

https://t.co/4PWKxXU3gl

[Dr. Robert Walker @WalkerRo2]

MDM malseating remains an issue that can occur in at least one in 20 patients at a high-volume #arthroplasty centre. The onset of fretting & increased fretting current throughout loading cycles suggests susceptibility to corrosion when this occurs.

https://t.co/FigFXkF1Ks

[Dr. Robert Walker @WalkerRo2]

Considering that it is both costly & time-consuming, an US-guided intra-articular injection of corticosteroid seems not always to be necessary in the treatment of frozen shoulder as it gives similar outcomes as a blind injection.

#shouldersurgery #ortho

https://t.co/UXuowiLogd

[Dr. Robert Walker @WalkerRo2]

New article reports statistical shape modelling on the #pelvis radiograph of DDH hips with AVN allowed identification of femoral joint shapes associated with poor outcome. Recognizing these shapes at an early age could improve the outcome https://t.co/yFCuD0zmfQ #ortho

[Dr. Robert Walker @WalkerRo2]

Updated #JBJSClinicalSummary on Adhesive Capsulitis by E. Scott Paxton, MD
@escottpaxton

#shoulder #elbow #diabetesmellitus #glenohumeral #vasculitis

https://t.co/sZz0fQUNvS

[Dr. Robert Walker @WalkerRo2]

Who is going into 2022 unvaccinated and covid free? 🙋🙋