Trauma News

PHILADELPHIA — At the International Consensus Meeting on Musculoskeletal Infection, Javad Parvizi, MD, FRCS, spoke about the topics the delegates are debating, here. Among the debatable topics was the distinction between acute and chronic musculoskeletal infection.

A similar mortality risk was seen between patients who had periprosthetic proximal femoral fractures and those who had native hip fractures in the acute phase, according to recently published results. However, lower mortality rates in the long term were seen for patients who had periprosthetic proximal femoral fractures compared with those who had native hip fractures.

The rate of osteoporosis medication initiation for older adults hospitalized for hip fracture has fallen steadily during the past decade, according to an insurance claims database analysis published in JAMA Network Open.

In the year after experiencing a hip fracture, risk for death increases by 33% in men and 20% in women, with this risk continuing to persist for 10 years, according to a hospital-based registry analysis published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

A correlation was seen between preoperative opioid use and significantly increased risks of early revision and 30-day readmission after patients underwent total knee arthroplasty or total hip arthroplasty, according to recently published results in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.

BOSTON — Researchers found preoperative ankle swelling and time to surgery were not associated with a change in soft tissue outcomes after ankle fracture surgery. The study also revealed few postoperative wound complications.

BOSTON — At the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society Annual Meeting, Steven M. Raikin, MD, discussed a study that evaluated opioid consumption after foot and ankle surgery. He discussed guidelines orthopedic surgeons should follow when they prescribe opioids.

BOSTON — Institutional system changes for treatment of ankle fractures may reduce malreduction and complication rates, according to results presented at the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society Annual Meeting.

BOSTON — At the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society Annual Meeting, Steven Raikin, MD, and Brian Winters, MD, discussed a study that evaluated the effect of ketorolac, a perioperative NSAID, on opioid use and pain relief after ankle fracture surgery. They said ketorolac significantly reduced pain and opioid use after surgery.

Results published in the Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma showed an independent association between increasing severity of hypoalbuminemia and poorer 30-day outcomes after hip fracture surgery.