PMID- 27538942
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20160923
LR  - 20200930
IS  - 1863-2521 (Print)
IS  - 1863-2548 (Electronic)
IS  - 1863-2521 (Linking)
VI  - 10
IP  - 5
DP  - 2016 Oct
TI  - Musculoskeletal disorders among orthopedic pediatric surgeons: an overlooked 
      entity.
PG  - 461-466
LID - 10.1007/s11832-016-0767-z [doi]
AB  - INTRODUCTION: Forceful and repetitive maneuvers constitute the majority of 
      pediatric orthopedic surgical tasks, thus subjecting surgeons to the risk of 
      musculoskeletal (MSK) injuries during their years in practice. The aim of this 
      study was to assess the prevalence, characteristics and impact of MSK disorders 
      among pediatric orthopedic surgeons. METHODS: A modified version of the physical 
      discomfort survey was sent to surgeons who were members of the Pediatric 
      Orthopedic Society of North America (POSNA) via e-mail. The collected data were 
      analyzed using descriptive statistics, one-way analysis of variance, and Fisher's 
      exact test. p values of <0.05 were considered statistically significant. RESULTS: 
      Of the 402 respondents, 67 % reported that they had sustained a work-related MSK 
      injury, of which the most common diagnoses were low back pain (28.6 %) and 
      lateral elbow epicondylitis (15.4 %). Among those which reported an injury, 26 % 
      required surgical treatment and 31 % needed time off work as a direct result of 
      their injury. The number of work-related injuries incurred by a surgeon increased 
      significantly with increasing age (p < 0.001), working in a non-academic 
      institute (p < 0.05), working in more than one institute (p < 0.05), and being in 
      active practice for >21 years (p < 0.05). The need to undergo treatment or take 
      time off due to the injury was associated with increased number of injuries 
      (p < 0.001). In addition, surgeons were more likely to require time off work when 
      they were >56 years of age (p < 0.001), had been in practice for >21 years 
      (p < 0.001), required surgical management of their disorder (p < 0.001), and had 
      experienced an exacerbation of a previous disorder (p < 0.001). DISCUSSION AND 
      CONCLUSION: This study is the first of its kind to assess MSK injuries sustained 
      by pediatric orthopedic surgeons. The high incidence of these disorders may place 
      a financial and psychological burden on these surgeons and thus the healthcare 
      system. These results should shed a light on awareness and the need for further 
      studies to prevent and help decrease the incidence of these disorders not only in 
      orthopedic surgeons but also in the surgical population in general.
FAU - Alzahrani, Mohammad M
AU  - Alzahrani MM
AD  - Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shriners Hospital for Children, Montreal 
      Children Hospital, McGill University, 2000 Drummond, Apt.1203, Montreal, QC H3G 
      2X1 Canada.
AD  - Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC Canada.
AD  - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Dammam, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Alqahtani, Saad M
AU  - Alqahtani SM
AD  - Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shriners Hospital for Children, Montreal 
      Children Hospital, McGill University, 2000 Drummond, Apt.1203, Montreal, QC H3G 
      2X1 Canada.
AD  - Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC Canada.
AD  - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Dammam, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Tanzer, Michael
AU  - Tanzer M
AD  - Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC Canada.
FAU - Hamdy, Reggie C
AU  - Hamdy RC
AD  - Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shriners Hospital for Children, Montreal 
      Children Hospital, McGill University, 2000 Drummond, Apt.1203, Montreal, QC H3G 
      2X1 Canada.
AD  - Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC Canada.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20160818
PL  - England
TA  - J Child Orthop
JT  - Journal of children's orthopaedics
JID - 101313582
PMC - PMC5033786
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Disorder
OT  - Musculoskeletal
OT  - Orthopedic
OT  - Pediatric
COIS- The authors have no conflict of interest to disclose. Ethical approval This study 
      was approved by the Pediatric Orthopedic Society of North America (POSNA).
EDAT- 2016/08/20 06:00
MHDA- 2016/08/20 06:01
PMCR- 2016/08/18
CRDT- 2016/08/20 06:00
PHST- 2016/03/31 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2016/08/05 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2016/08/20 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2016/08/20 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/08/20 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2016/08/18 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 767 [pii]
AID - 10.1007/s11832-016-0767-z [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Child Orthop. 2016 Oct;10(5):461-466. doi: 10.1007/s11832-016-0767-z. Epub 2016 
      Aug 18.