Hematoma

A 65-year-old male presented for his annual exam.

A 65-year-old man presented to the ED with 1 day of acute onset mid-thoracic and low back pain, difficulty ambulating and paresthesias in bilateral upper and lower extremities.

The ophthalmology service at Tufts Medical Center was consulted urgently to examine a hospitalized 78-year-old man at bedside who had developed sudden onset severe right eye pain and ecchymosis while asleep in his hospital bed.

Compared with conservative treatment, hematoma aspiration combined with platelet-rich plasma injection may shorten return to play and reduce recurrence rate among athletes with grade 2 hamstring strains, according to published results.

The mortality rate for women with type A acute aortic dissection remains higher than that for men with the condition, but has improved in the past decade, researchers reported.

DENVER — In elderly patients with high energy or fragility fractures of the pelvis, use of retrograde transpubic screws may yield good clinical results with lower or similar complication rates to alternative methods of anterior pelvic ring fixation, according to results presented at the Orthopaedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting, here.