Trauma News

Patients who were found unconscious after an opiate overdose and had crush injuries that led to compartment syndrome experienced high surgical complication rates and poor recovery of function, according to published results.

The EFORT webinar on Sequelae of Calcaneal Fractures will be held Monday 25 November 2019, 19:00-20:00 CET.

DENVER — Posterolateral plating is a viable alternative treatment for distal tibia fractures, according to results presented at the Orthopaedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting.

NEW YORK — At the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Annual Meeting, Patrick Denard, MD, discussed his tricks for superior capsular reconstruction. He said the best indications for this procedure are patients younger than 70 years old, with little to no arthritis and without adaptive changes of the proximal humerus. Denard said to delay strengthening to 4 months and strenuous activities until after 6 months.

At Orthopedics Today Hawaii, being held Jan. 12-16, 2020, attendees can expect updates on what has happened in 2019 and what is to come in 2020, as well as practical tips and pearls across all subspecialties, including sports medicine, total joint replacement, trauma and shoulder and elbow.

Use of individual baseline data in diffusion tensor imaging analysis for traumatic axonal injury after concussion among National Football League players yielded higher sensitivity than comparing data to a normative control group, according to published results.

Elderly patients with atrial fibrillation who were prescribed direct oral anticoagulants had significantly lower risk for osteoporotic fractures than patients who were prescribed vitamin K antagonists such as warfarin, researchers reported.

NEW YORK — A retrospective review presented at the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Annual Meeting showed younger patients with less complex proximal humerus fractures were more commonly treated with open reduction and internal fixation, while older patients with more complex fractures were more commonly treated with reverse shoulder arthroplasty.

Regular, weekly physical activity such as walking and yard work can lower the risk for hip or total fracture among postmenopausal women, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

NEW YORK — Use of a locked plating system may be safe and effective with an acceptable failure rate in geriatric patients with olecranon fractures, according to results presented here.