Trauma News

SAN FRANCISCO — Public insurance may be associated with delays in time to surgery compared with private insurance in patients with distal radius fractures, according to results presented here.

Ventris Medical received FDA 510(k) clearance of its Amplify standalone bone graft putty, according to a company press release.

Published results showed application of calcium sulphate and hydroxyapatite biomaterial at the bone-implant interface may increase peri-implant bone formation in patients with osteoporosis and trochanteric fractures.

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.