Casting is non-inferior to surgery for stress test unstable lateral malleolus fractures Fractures of the ankle that remain ...

BOULDER, Colo. — Although the risk of infection may increase with open fracture, early administration of prophylactic antibiotics may decrease this risk, according to a speaker at the International ...

Orthopedics faculty at LSU Health New Orleans participated in a study comparing two antisepsis aqueous solutions in reducing the risk of infection in patients requiring surgery for open fractures. In ...

A new study compares the effectiveness of two antisepsis aqueous solutions in reducing the risk of infection in patients requiring surgery for open fractures. The research team found that contrary to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 26-year-old man who was in a motorcycle crash arrived at the ED with a Glasgow Coma Scale score of 3T.

Is high-pressure irrigation of potentially contaminated open fractures superior to low-pressure irrigation? Is irrigation with a soap solution superior to irrigation with saline? To answer these ...

Fractures of the pelvic ring are potentially life-threatening complications of high-energy trauma, such as that caused by motor vehicle collisions (Figure 1A). 1 The primary mode of death from these ...