Trauma News

A 66-year-old woman with past medical history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, anxiety and osteoporosis presented to the ED after a ground level fall at home resulting in left elbow pain and deformity.

SAN FRANCISCO — Results presented here showed patients with hip fracture who received monitored anesthesia care had a decrease in altered mental status compared with patients who received general anesthesia.

SAN FRANCISCO — Results showed patients older than 65 years with acetabular fractures had a higher rate of complications and readmissions after total hip arthroplasty compared with those who had femoral neck fractures.

Long-term adherence to healthful or unhealthful plant-based diets was not associated with risk for hip fracture among postmenopausal women, according to cohort study results published in JAMA Network Open.

SAN FRANCISCO — Results presented here showed the reoperation rate was almost twice as high in patients older than 65 years who underwent osteosynthesis for femoral neck fractures compared with those who had arthroplasty.

SAN FRANCISCO — Documented cannabis use may be associated with an increased risk of scaphoid fracture nonunion compared with non-use, according to results presented here.

There is much written about the virtue of compassion, which literally means “to suffer together.” A more practical definition would be sympathetic awareness of others’ distress together with a desire to alleviate it.

SAN FRANCISCO — Early weight-bearing after dual-plate fixation for mid-shaft diaphyseal clavicle fractures may be safe and effective, according to results presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting.

SAN FRANCISCO — In this video from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Robert V. O’Toole, MD, FAAOS, discussed results from several trials on infection and outcomes after fracture surgery.

SAN FRANCISCO — Smokeless tobacco use may be associated with an increased nonunion risk in patients who undergo nonoperative management for a scaphoid fracture, according to results presented here.