Surgical trials, systematic reviews and qualitative research in orthopaedics and other surgery at York Trials Unit.
University of York
Joined October 2019
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Surgical Trials retweeted
🎉 RAPSODI-UK Recruitment Update! 🎉
We have officially recruited 382 participants, reaching 89% of our target!
Only 48 patients left to randomise before end of November 2026!
(Surgery can occur in December 2026, but the randomisation needs to happen before 30/11/26)
📈📆🔋
Surgical Trials retweeted
We've had a great start to the month on SCOOTT with 6 new recruits this week!🎉A huge congratulations to the team at @ESNEFT who recruited 4 participants to the trial, and congratulations to the teams at @ROHNHSFT and @MFTnhs who recruited 1 participant each!👏@YorkTrialsUnit
Surgical Trials retweeted
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
Surgical Trials retweeted
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
Surgical Trials retweeted
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!🌟
Surgical Trials retweeted
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!🌟
Surgical Trials retweeted
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
Surgical Trials retweeted
Huge congratulations to the teams at @CDDFTNHS and @ChelwestFT who both randomised their first SCOOTT participants today!🎉🎉
@YorkTrialsUnit
Surgical Trials retweeted
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
Surgical Trials retweeted
👍 WHAT IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE TREATMENT FOR BASAL OSTEOARTHRITIS OF THE THUMB? 📚
Read the full paper here!
#Osteoarthritis #Thumb #Orthopedics #Surgery
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Surgical Trials retweeted
A very important study now followed up to five years with clear recommendations for clinical practice.
#ScaphoidWaist #Fracture #Wrist #UK @YorkTrialsUnit @Oxford_Trauma
boneandjoint.org.uk/Article/…
ALT The Bone & Joint Journal Editor's Pick. Article title: Clinical effectiveness of early surgical fixation versus cast immobilization for adults with a scaphoid waist fracture Dias et al. Bone Joint J. 2026;108-B(1):70-78.
Surgical Trials retweeted
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
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ALT Abstract for article titled 'Clinical effectiveness of early surgical fixation versus cast immobilization for adults with a scaphoid waist fracture: five-year follow-up of the Scaphoid Waist Internal Fixation for Fractures Trial'. The Bone & Joint Journal.
Surgical Trials retweeted
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
Surgical Trials retweeted
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
Surgical Trials retweeted
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
Surgical Trials retweeted
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
Surgical Trials retweeted
Delighted to say that the DIDACT protocol has now been published in @BoneJointOpen 🎉
boneandjoint.org.uk/Article/…
@YorkTrialsUnit @hpsinghjk1 @NIHRresearch
Surgical Trials retweeted
A big welcome to the team at University Hospital Southampton @UHSFT who have opened to recruitment today! Congratulations!🎉
@YorkTrialsUnit