Trauma

Conference Coverage

It may be time to rethink damage-control laparotomy

Author:

Michele G. Sullivan

SAN DIEGO - The data from a 2-year quality review process reaffirms what trauma surgeons have been seeing.

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Original Research

Timing of Adverse Events Following Geriatric Hip Fracture Surgery: A Study of 19,873 Patients in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program

Author:

Daniel D. Bohl, MD, MPH

Andre M. Samuel, MD

Matthew L. Webb, MD

Adam M. Lukasiewicz, MD

Nathaniel T. Ondeck, MD

Bryce A. Basques, MD

Nidharshan S. Anandasivam, BS

Jonathan N. Grauer, MD

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Tips

Composite Fixation of Proximal Tibial Nonunions: A Technical Trick

Author:

Jonne Prins, MD

Johanna C.E. Donders, MD

and Peter Kloen, MD, PhD

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Article

Analysis of Incidence and Outcome Predictors for Patients Admitted to US Hospitals with Acetabular Fractures from 1990 to 2010

Author:

Matthew J. Best, MD

Leonard T. Buller, MD

Stephen M. Quinnan, MD

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Original Research

The Effect of Insurance Type on Patient Access to Ankle Fracture Care Under the Affordable Care Act

Author:

Daniel H. Wiznia, MD

Mike Wang, BS

Chang-Yeon Kim, MD

Michael P. Leslie, DO

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Original Research

Time-to-Surgery for Definitive Fixation of Hip Fractures: A Look at Outcomes Based Upon Delay

Author:

Hasham M. Alvi, MD

Rachel M. Thompson, MD

Varun Krishnan, MD

Mary J. Kwasny, ScD

Matthew D. Beal, MD

David W. Manning, MD

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Original Research

Case Series Evaluating the Operative and Nonoperative Treatment of Scapular Fractures

Author:

Peter A. Surace, MD

Alysse J. Boyd, MA

Heather A. Vallier, MD

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Original Research

Headless Compression Screw Fixation of Vertical Medial Malleolus Fractures is Superior to Unicortical Screw Fixation

Author:

Adam M.Wegner, MD, PhD

Philip R. Wolinsky, MD

Michael A. Robbins, BS

Tanya C. Garcia, MS

Sukanta Maitra, MD

Derek F. Amanatullah, MD, PhD

This study is the first biomechanical research of headless compression screws for fixation of vertical shear...

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Original Research

Screw Fixation Without Bone Grafting for Delayed Unions and Nonunions of Minimally Displaced Scaphoids

Author:

David Saper, MD

Akash K. Shah, BA

Andrew B. Stein, MD

Andrew Jawa, MD

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From the Journals

Prehospital plasma outperforms standard care

Author:

Will Pass

Providing thawed plasma on the way to the hospital helped reduce mortality for trauma patients.

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From the Journals

Trauma surgeons up for emergency pediatric appendectomy

Author:

Richard Mark Kirkner

Pediatric surgeons are not always available for children presenting at the ED with acute appendicitis.

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