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The Bone & Joint Journal
Vol. 100-B, Issue 2 | Pages 226 - 232
1 Feb 2018
Basques BA McLynn RP Lukasiewicz AM Samuel AM Bohl DD Grauer JN

Aims

The aims of this study were to characterize the frequency of missing data in the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) database and to determine how missing data can influence the results of studies dealing with elderly patients with a fracture of the hip.

Patients and Methods

Patients who underwent surgery for a fracture of the hip between 2005 and 2013 were identified from the NSQIP database and the percentage of missing data was noted for demographics, comorbidities and laboratory values. These variables were tested for association with ‘any adverse event’ using multivariate regressions based on common ways of handling missing data.


The Bone & Joint Journal
Vol. 98-B, Issue 3 | Pages 425 - 432
1 Mar 2016
Samuel AM Lukasiewicz AM Webb ML Bohl DD Basques BA Varthi AG Leslie MP Grauer JN

Aims

While use of large national clinical databases for orthopaedic trauma research has increased dramatically, there has been little study of the differences in populations contained therein. In this study we aimed to compare populations of patients with femoral shaft fractures across three commonly used national databases, specifically with regard to age and comorbidities.

Patients and Methods

Patients were identified in the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) and National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB).