Surgical Trials

Surgical trials, systematic reviews and qualitative research in orthopaedics and other surgery at York Trials Unit.

[SCOOTT @SCOOTT_trial]

Congratulations to the teams at @MFTnhs, @EKHUFT, @UHDBTrust, @SouthTees and @ROHNHSFT who have all recruited participants to the study in May and will therefore be shortly receiving a prize🤩🍫

Thank you all for your continued hard work on the study!👏
@YorkTrialsUnit

[SCOOTT @SCOOTT_trial]

A huge congratulations to the team at @The_Pulvertaft, @UHDBTrust who recruited 5 participants to the trial this week!👏
Thank you to everyone for your continued hard work on the study, and we wish you all a great bank holiday weekend!🎉@YorkTrialsUnit

[SCOOTT @SCOOTT_trial]

It's been another good week for SCOOTT recruitment - congratulations to the teams at @EKHUFT, @WWLNHS and @UHDBTrust who have all randomised patients!👏 This takes us to 191 participants - please don't forget that there is a prize for the site who recruits the 200th!🌟

[SCOOTT @SCOOTT_trial]

Congratulations to the teams at @UHDBTrust, @CDDFTNHS and @SouthTees who have all randomised patients this week!👏🎉
We have now recruited 178 participants to the trial, and are pleased to announce that the site who recruits the 200th participant will receive a special prize!🌟

[SCOOTT @SCOOTT_trial]

We have had another first SCOOTT randomisation today! Congratulations to the team at @ROHNHSFT who recruited and randomised their first participant to the trial!🥳
@YorkTrialsUnit

[SCOOTT @SCOOTT_trial]

Huge congratulations to the teams at @CDDFTNHS and @ChelwestFT who both randomised their first SCOOTT participants today!🎉🎉
@YorkTrialsUnit

[SCOOTT @SCOOTT_trial]

Congratulations to the teams at both @UHDBTrust and @RotherhamNHS_FT who have each recruited two participants to the trial so far this week! Great work!👏
@YorkTrialsUnit

[The Bone & Joint Journal @BoneJointJ]

👍 WHAT IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE TREATMENT FOR BASAL OSTEOARTHRITIS OF THE THUMB? 📚

Read the full paper here!

#Osteoarthritis #Thumb #Orthopedics #Surgery

https://t.co/MUQz08HSSf

[Prof Fares Haddad @bjjeditor]

A very important study now followed up to five years with clear recommendations for clinical practice.

#ScaphoidWaist #Fracture #Wrist #UK @YorkTrialsUnit @Oxford_Trauma

https://t.co/OQTNN79Fol

[The Bone & Joint Journal @BoneJointJ]

This longer-term evidence further corroborates the recommendation that patients with a scaphoid waist fracture displaced by 2 mm or less should initially be treated with cast immobilization.

#Surgery #Wrist #Fracture @YorkTrialsUnit @Oxford_Trauma

https://t.co/kV6qR21KWN

[SCOOTT @SCOOTT_trial]

The SCOOTT team will be at the BSSH in Birmingham on Thursday and Friday. Please come and say hello if you are there!

[SCOOTT @SCOOTT_trial]

We have now hit our pilot recruitment target of 134!🎯🎉Huge congratulations to the team at @SouthTees who recruited our 134th participant! A big thank you to all sites for all your hard work on the trial so far - smashing this target has been a huge team effort👏 @YorkTrialsUnit

[SCOOTT @SCOOTT_trial]

Congratulations to the team at @SouthTees who recruited a further participant to the trial today!👏
This takes our recruitment total to 130, meaning that there are only 4 more participants to go until we hit our pilot recruitment target of 134!🎯🏆
@YorkTrialsUnit

[FLARE Trial @FLARE__Trial]

READ ALL ABOUT IT! The FLARE trial's protocol paper has been published 👏👏 Well done team!
A link to the paper is available here: https://t.co/FYetuwqO4D
@mattdgardiner @JCRWormald @ACeS_SouthTees @YorkTrialsUnit @Surgery_Trials @Lisa_Newington @ryckiewade @jennifercelane

[SCOOTT @SCOOTT_trial]

Congratulations and welcome to the team at Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust @RoyalSurrey
who opened today!👏
Wishing you all the best with your recruitment!🎉 @YorkTrialsUnit

[SCOOTT @SCOOTT_trial]

Congratulations to the teams at @MTWnhs and @OUHospitals who both randomised their first SCOOTT patients today! Excellent work!👏👏
Additionally, congratulations to the team at @RotherhamNHS_FT who also randomised a patient today!👏
@YorkTrialsUnit

[Didact_Trial @DidactTrial]

Delighted to say that the DIDACT protocol has now been published in @BoneJointOpen 🎉

https://t.co/SoqDDfjp2S

@YorkTrialsUnit @hpsinghjk1 @NIHRresearch

[SCOOTT @SCOOTT_trial]

A big welcome to the team at University Hospital Southampton @UHSFT who have opened to recruitment today! Congratulations!🎉
@YorkTrialsUnit

[SCOOTT @SCOOTT_trial]

Another big welcome and congratulations to the team at County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust @CDDFTNHS who have opened today! Happy recruiting!🎉@YorkTrialsUnit

[SCOOTT @SCOOTT_trial]

We are nearing the end of the SCOOTT pilot phase (end of November) so we are on the final push to smash our pilot recruitment target of 134🎯
We are currently on 121 participants and there will be a special prize for the site team who recruits the 134th!✨ @YorkTrialsUnit