Trauma News

In a cohort of urban black men with serious injuries, contributors to post-injury mental health issues were early adverse childhood exposures, preinjury physical and mental health conditions, acute post-injury stress responses and intentional injury, according to study findings.

Use of an evidence-based treatment algorithm in patients with proximal humerus fractures proved to be a helpful tool for decision-making and led to “satisfying” overall results with low complication and revision rates, according to published findings.

Another great EFORT Congress just concluded. This one, which was held in Lisbon, was the 20th EFORT Congress. As president of EFORT starting June 2018 and ending immediately after the Congress in Lisbon, it was a special event for me, as might be expected.

LISBON, Portugal — Many children who sustained one or more instances of abuse presented with long bone fractures, according to findings from researchers at Mahidol University and Faculty of Medicine at Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok.

Better functional outcomes were seen 12 months for patients with acceptably reduced extra-articular distal radial fractures treated with open reduction and volar plate fixation than with nonoperative care, according to recently published results.

LISBON, Portugal — Among primary hemi-arthroplasty and reverse shoulder arthroplasty performed for proximal humeral fractures, rotator cuff insufficiency and early instability or dislocation, respectively, were the most frequent reasons for revision surgery among procedures performed from April 2004 to December 2016 and recorded in the Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry.

LAS VEGAS — Use of a goal-directed opioid reduction strategy successfully reduced opioid prescriptions at discharge at one institution with no significant increase in post-discharge refill rates, according to results presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting.

LISBON, Portugal — Late valgus deformity after a proximal tibial metaphysis fracture in children, which was classified as Cozen’s phenomenon, developed in about half of the 33 patients included in a retrospective study conducted by investigators in Patras, Greece.

Geriatric patients experienced substantially worse function more than 1 year out from low-energy trauma injuries compared to geriatric patients with high-energy trauma injuries, according to published results.

Published results showed higher rates of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism among patients prescribed warfarin after hip fracture compared with patients prescribed low-molecular-weight heparin.