Trauma News

Similar to results from an operative approach, nonoperative treatment of displaced proximal humerus fractures in adolescents provided “excellent functional outcomes” at 3 and 6 months after injury, according to a speaker.

Research from the National Health Service showed attainment of best practice tariffs may improve health-related quality of life among patients who experienced a hip fracture.

Postmenopausal women who sustain any type of initial fracture are at a higher risk for a subsequent fracture, according to a study published in EClinicalMedicine.

For patients with nonsurgically treated Colles’ fractures, ibuprofen reduced pain without causing changes in fragment migration or functional, densitometrical and biochemical outcomes, according to published results.

Published results showed limb reconstruction with internal lengthening nails and antibiotic-loaded resorbable calcium sulfate may address infectious and length pathologies while avoiding the disadvantages of prolonged external fixation.

A published review article showed patients may experience psychological effects after musculoskeletal trauma which may lead to adverse outcomes, including chronic pain and disability.

Published results showed weight-bearing as tolerated in a hard-soled shoe was noninferior to use of a short leg cast for treatment of fifth metatarsal base avulsion fractures.

This case involves a 64-year-old diabetic woman who had a left total knee placed in 2001 by an outside surgeon.

Patients with trochanteric hip fractures treated with a hip plating system had similar health-related quality of life outcomes and risk of revision as patients who were treated with a sliding hip screw, according to published results.

A 26-year-old man hurdled over a tennis net to celebrate winning a match. He landed awkwardly on the lateral edge of his right foot, felt a pop and noted immediate pain and swelling as he collapsed onto the court.