Trauma News

According to results presented at the Orthopaedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting, there is no difference in general health outcomes at 1 year between patients treated operatively vs. nonoperatively for unstable chest wall injuries.

Preoperative fascia iliaca compartment blocks were associated with decreased postoperative pain and opioid consumption while improving functional recovery in older patients with proximal femur fractures, according to presented results.

Vitamin D3 supplementation showed no improvement in clinical or radiographic fracture healing in adult patients who underwent intramedullary nailing for a tibial or femoral shaft fracture, according to presented results.

With associated congruent reinfection and reoperation rates, oral antibiotics are noninferior to IV antibiotics for fracture-related infections, according to results presented at the Orthopaedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting.

Results presented at the American Society for Surgery of the Hand Annual Meeting showed a decrease in the number of patients with sentinel distal radius fractures who received anti-osteoporotic care despite an increase in DEXA screening.

A 39-year-old left-hand dominant man with a history of left Monteggia fracture-dislocation that was treated abroad about 10 years ago presented to clinic.

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons has expanded its registry program with a fracture and trauma registry, according to a press release.

EFORT Open Reviews is the new open access journal from EFORT and Bone & Joint Publishing. All articles are free to read online with no subscription required.

Adequate stability of vascularized bone graft constructs is critical to successful treatment of proximal pole of the scaphoid nonunions, a presenter said at the American Society for Surgery of the Hand Annual Meeting.

Researchers found targeted muscle reinnervation used in military patients at the time of primary amputation or delayed amputation was safe and efficacious as a pain treatment method.