TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Military orthopaedic trauma registry: quality data now available
JO  - Journal of surgical orthopaedic advances
A1  - Rivera, Jessica C.
A1  - Greer, Renee M.
A1  - Wenke, Joseph C.
A1  - Ficke, James R.
A1  - Johnson, Anthony E.
SP  - 89
EP  - 92
VL  - 25
IS  - 2
N2  - The Military Orthopaedic Trauma Registry (MOTR) orginally began as part of the Department of Defense Trauma Registry (DoDTR) and became a live registry in 2013. As a quality improvement process, this study examined MOTR data for 20 female amputees compared with DoDTR data. The DoDTR provided diagnosis and procedure codes as a list but no details. The MOTR provided additional data, including specific limb, fracture classifications, and associated injuries per limb. The MOTR allowed for construction of a treatment time line for each limb, including number and timing of debridements, antibiotics, and implant types. Orthopaedic-specific complications were also coded more frequently in the MOTR and clearly identified with a specific injury and treatment. During initial quality control checks, the MOTR provides a greater volume and granularity of detail for orthopaedic-specific injury and treatment information, indicating that the MOTR is on track to provide a valuable repository for data-driven orthopaedic management of combat injury.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1548-825X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -