Yousif Atwan,Theodore Miclau,Emil H Schemitsch et al.
Yousif Atwan et al.
Open fractures are complex presentations with elevated risks of infection and nonunion due to a multitude of factors. Along with early surgical debridement, antibiotics have been heavily utilized and have become part of standard of care to ...
Theodore Miclau
Theodore Miclau
Hip fractures, among the most common geriatric injuries, are associated with adverse patient outcomes and significant costs. The incidence of these fractures continues to rise with an aging population worldwide. While many factors that nega...
Acute and chronic infection: Is there a gold standard for management of the wound and bone defect? [0.03%]
急性感染与慢性感染：伤口及骨缺损的治疗标准是什么？
Peter V Giannoudis,Theodoros H Tosounidis
Peter V Giannoudis
Acute and chronic infections with bone involvement remain a challenge to manage. They pose a significant burden to the patient, the treating surgeon, and society. Multidisciplinary team involvement is mandatory for a successful outcome. App...
Surgical timing for open fractures: Middle of the night or the light of day, which fractures, what time? [0.03%]
急诊手术治疗骨折：深夜还是等天亮？哪种类型的骨折应该连夜手术？
Daniel Z You,Prism S Schneider
Daniel Z You
Controversy exists over the optimal management of open fractures as new clinical studies question open fracture management dogma. Open fractures are complex injuries requiring the orthopaedic surgeon to consider both the bone injury as well...
Luis Gerardo Padilla Rojas,Sergio Quintero Hernández,José María Jiménez Ávila et al.
Luis Gerardo Padilla Rojas et al.
Incidence rates of hip fractures in Latin America continue to rise. These fractures are associated with factors such as health, education, and socioeconomic status. Although there are many well-developed public and private healthcare system...
Travel barriers, unemployment, and external fixation predict loss to follow-up after surgical management of lower extremity fractures in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania [0.03%]
旅行障碍、失业和外部固定预测坦桑尼亚达累斯萨拉姆下肢骨折手术治疗后的失访率
Joseph T Patterson,Patrick D Albright,J Hunter Jackson et al.
Joseph T Patterson et al.
Objective: Predict loss to follow-up in prospective clinical investigations of lower extremity fracture surgery. Design: Secondary anal...
Andrew Adamczyk,Bradley Meulenkamp,Geoffrey Wilken et al.
Andrew Adamczyk et al.
Segmental bone loss continues to pose substantial clinical and technical challenges to orthopaedic surgeons. While several surgical options exist for the treatment of these complex patients, there is not a clear consensus or specific guidel...
Seth M Tarrrant,Amit Ajgaonkar,Sushrut Babhulkar et al.
Seth M Tarrrant et al.
The Asia-Pacific region includes countries with diverse cultural, demographic, and socio-political backgrounds. Countries such as Japan have very high life expectancy and an aged population. China and India, with a combined population over ...
David J Hak
David J Hak
A precise definition of infection after fracture fixation is essential for the evaluation of published research data and for the future establishment of uniform treatment concepts. Recently, a multidisciplinary expert panel has developed a ...
Noah M Joseph,Alex Benedick,Christopher D Flanagan et al.
Noah M Joseph et al.
Objective: To determine the prevalence of positive screening for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) amongst trauma patients. Design: ...