Trauma News

ORLANDO, Fla. — At the Orthopaedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting, Lisa K. Cannada, MD, discussed a study that compared operative with nonoperative treatment for humeral shaft fractures. She said that at 6 months, both groups had higher DASH scores compared with population norms. These findings demonstrated patients did not fully recover.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Patients who underwent hip fracture surgery and were prescribed deep vein thrombosis prophylaxis for 28 days or more had a 67% lower chance of death and significantly lower stoke/cerebrovascular and acute kidney injury rates compared with patients prescribed short-duration prophylaxis, according to a presenter at the Orthopaedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting.

Pediatric mortality rates related to motor vehicle crashes vary widely throughout the United States, and these variations can even be seen across individual counties, according to findings presented at the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress. Researchers said that children have a higher likelihood of surviving a motor vehicle crash when they are closer to a pediatric or adult trauma center.

ORLANDO, Fla. — At the Orthopaedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting, Elizabeth B. Gausden, MD, discussed a study that evaluated the use of computerized adaptive testing for patient-reported outcome measurement information system (PROMIS) scores in hip fracture surgery.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Results of a double-blind, multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled trial presented at the Orthopaedic Trauma Annual Meeting suggest platelet-rich plasma injection offered no patient benefits in the management of acute Achilles tendon ruptures.

ORLANDO, Fla. — At the Orthopaedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting, Karl M. Koenig, MD, spoke about the use of integrated practice units to deliver value-based care for lower extremity joint pain and how these may be applied in orthopedic trauma in the future.

ORLANDO, Fla. — At the Orthopaedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting, William T. Obremskey, MD, MPH; Clay Spitler, MD; and Chad M. Corrigan, MD, discussed issues and treatments for complex tibial plateau fractures.

ORLANDO, Fla. — At the Orthopaedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting, Lisa K. Cannada, MD, discussed a study that compared recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 with autograft for the treatment of tibial shaft fractures. She said rhBMP-2 may provide better results for patients with these fractures and bone loss.

ORLANDO, Fla. — No difference was seen in bleeding complications among patients who received aspirin compared with low-molecular-weight heparin as venous thromboembolism prophylaxis after orthopedic trauma with the exception of patients who had concomitant abdominal injury.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Patients with pertrochanteric fractures treated with either short cephalomedullary nails or long cephalomedullary nails had similar outcomes with regard to SF-36 and Harris hip scores, but patients in the short nail group had additional benefits, according to a presenter at the Orthopaedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting.