Appendix 2 – Studies that were reviewed in full-text but ultimately excluded from the
systematic review
First
Year of
Journal
Author
Publication
Dasenbrock 2012
Cancer
Lavernia
2012
J Arthroplasty
Pereira
2012
Ann Plast Surg
Lavernia
2011
Clin Orthop
Relat Res
Orces
2011
South Med J
Weber
2011
J Trauma
Kamath
2010
Clin Orthop
Relat Res
Walsh
2010
J Bone Joint
Surg Am
Silber
2009
Arch Surg
Jawad
2009
Cancer
Title
The impact of
insurance status on
outcome after surgery
for spinal metastases.
Mental health and
outcomes in primary
total joint
arthroplasty.
Outcomes of complex
gunshot wounds to the
hand and wrist…
Ethnic and racial
factors influencing
well-being, perceived
pain, and physical
function after primary
total joint
arthroplasty.
Trends in hip fracturerelated mortality in
Texas, 1990-2007.
Racial odds for
amputation ratio in
traumatic lower
extremity fractures.
Ethnic and gender
differences in the
functional disparities
after primary total
knee arthroplasty.
Ethnic disparities in
recovery following
distal radial fracture.
Hospital teaching
intensity, patient race,
and surgical
outcomes.
Ewing Sarcoma
demonstrates racial
Rationale for Exclusion
Did not report mortality
or complication rates by
race/ethnicity.
Did not report mortality
or complication rates by
race/ethnicity.
Did not report mortality
or complication rates by
race/ethnicity.
Did not report mortality
or complication rates by
race/ethnicity.
Did not report mortality
or complication rates
specific to surgical
cohort.
Did not report mortality
or complication rates
following surgery.
Did not report mortality
or complication rates by
race/ethnicity.
Did not report mortality
or complication rates
following surgery.
Did not report mortality
or complication rates by
race/ethnic group specific
to orthopaedic surgical
cohort.
Did not report mortality
or complication rates
Polsky
2008
Health Serv
Res
Penrod
2008
J Gerontol A
Biol Sci Med
Sci
Graham
2008
J Gerontol A
Biol Sci Med
Sci
Chibnall
2006
Spine
Feinglass
2004
Arth Rheum
Carey
2003
Spine
Kotzan
1999
Clin Therap
Lu-Yao
1994
Am J Public
Health
Jacobsen
1992
Am J Public
Health
Fisher
1991
Epidemiology
disparities in
incidence-related and
sex-related
differences in
outcome…
Short- and long-term
mortality after an
acute illness for
elderly whites and
blacks.
The association of
race, gender, and
comorbidity with
mortality and function
after hip fracture.
Race/ethnicity and
outcomes following
inpatient
rehabilitation for hip
fracture.
Race differences in
diagnosis and surgery
for occupational low
back injuries.
How safe is primary
knee replacement
surgery?...
The relation of race to
outcomes and the use
of health care services
for acute low back
pain.
The impact of race
and fractures on
mortality in a
postmenopausal
Medicaid population.
Treatment and
survival among
elderly Americans
with hip fractures…
Race and sex
differences in
mortality following
fracture of the hip.
Hip fracture incidence
specific to surgical
cohort.
Did not report mortality
or complication rates
specific to surgical
cohort.
Did not report mortality
or complication rates
specific to surgical
cohort.
Did not report mortality
or complication rates
following surgery.
Did not report mortality
or complication rates
following surgery.
Did not report mortality
or complication rates by
race/ethnicity.
Did not report mortality
or complication rates
following surgery.
Did not report mortality
or complication rates
specific to surgical
cohort.
Did not report mortality
or complication rates
specific to surgical
cohort.
Did not report mortality
or complication rates
specific to surgical
cohort.
Did not report mortality
and mortality in New
England
White
1990
J Gen Intern
Med
Magaziner
1989
Am J Public
Health
Furstenberg 1987
J Chron Dis
Shapiro
J Chron Dis
1977
Early morbidity after
total hip
replacement…
Survival experience
of aged hip fracture
patients.
Differences in
outcome between
black and white
elderly hip fracture
patients.
A study of racial
difference, seasonal
variation, and
temporal variation in
hip-fracture related
mortality…
or complication rates
specific to surgical
cohort.
Did not report mortality
or complication rates by
race/ethnicity.
Did not report mortality
or complication rates
specific to surgical
cohort.
Did not report mortality
or complication rates
specific to surgical
cohort.
Did not report mortality
or complication rates
specific to surgical
cohort.