Trauma News

A healthy 36-year-old man presented to the ED with a 2-week history of draining wounds from the right thigh.

Women who have prediabetes before transition to menopause have a higher risk for sustaining a fracture later in life than women without prediabetes, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

Postmenopausal women with osteoporosis who use denosumab as a first-line therapy have lowers risk for fractures compared with women who use alendronate, according to an industry press release.

Patients with schizophrenia experienced earlier onset and higher rates of hip fractures compared with the general population, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

Healio celebrates Mental Health Awareness Month with a focus on physician burnout, an emerging public health crisis among orthopedic physicians and providers.

LAS VEGAS — Results presented here showed patients with osteoporosis undergoing open reduction and internal fixation for distal radius fractures had a higher risk for revision surgery compared with patients without osteoporosis.

LAS VEGAS — Tibiotalocalcaneal nailing may be a safe alternative to open reduction and internal fixation for treatment of unstable fragility ankle fractures, according to results presented here.

Abyrx Inc. has announced additional FDA clearance of its Montage bone putty for use as a bone void filler and cranial bone cement, according to a press release.

LAS VEGAS — In this video from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Philipp Leucht, MD, FAAOS, discussed the efficacy of a perioperative, multimodal hip injection for patients undergoing surgery for hip fracture.

LAS VEGAS — Results showed tranexamic acid may reduce blood loss and transfusion requirements postoperatively among patients who underwent hemiarthroplasty or total hip arthroplasty for pathologic hip fractures.