ALLMedicine™ Fractures Center

May 15th, 2022 - Reduction and fixation of tibial plateau fractures associated with small, "floating" intra-articular fragments proposes a challenge. We use fully threaded headless compression screws for (interfragmentary) fixation of such fragments before final p...

May 14th, 2022 - This 2-arm parallel trial aimed to assess the number of failures of mandibular fixed retainers bonded with direct and indirect bonding methods at a 5-year follow-up and investigate the stability of intercanine and interpremolar distances. Consecut...

May 14th, 2022 - VCFs are the most common fragility fractures affecting osteoporotic patients. This study evaluates volume trends and outcomes across specialties performing cement augmentation procedures. Patients were identified using CPT codes for vertebroplasty...

May 14th, 2022 - Several complications associated with active Cushing's disease may persist even years after complete and successful therapeutic remission of hypercortisolism. Growth hormone deficiency (GHD) shares many clinical features seen in patients with Cush...

May 14th, 2022 - Examine the risks of fractures and osteoporosis after risk-reducing bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (RRBSO) among women with BRCA1/2 mutations. In this retrospective population-based study in British Columbia, Canada, between 1996 to 2017, we comp...

Mar 31st, 2022 - Fractures of the spinal column represent a small proportion of all fractures from traumatic injury with an incidence ranging from 4 to 23 percent.1,2 However, their impact on the individual and the health care system is significant because of ...

Nov 7th, 2021 - Talus fractures result following high energy trauma and can lead to significant functional impairment. The complex morphology of the talus, it's multiple articulations and tenuous blood supply translate into significant challenges that must be ove...

Aug 21st, 2021 - The aim of this study is to develop a core set of outcome domains that should be considered and reported in all future trials of childhood limb fractures. A four-phase study was conducted to agree a set of core outcome domains. Identification of c...

Aug 14th, 2021 - The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the American Society for Surgery of the Hand released updated Clinical Practice Guidelines in 2020 on the evaluation and treatment of acute distal radius fractures. Following a rigorous methodology ...

Jun 2nd, 2021 - Bone fragility is increasingly recognized as a relevant complication of type 2 diabetes (T2D) and diabetic patients with fragility fractures have higher mortality rates than non diabetic individuals or diabetic patients without fractures. However,...

May 13th, 2022 - Major orthopedic procedures, including total joint replacement and spine surgeries, are among the most common procedures in the population. Learning about how often these surgeries are performed can give indications of whether the treatment of art...

May 13th, 2022 - Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has become a global public health priority over the past few decades, affecting 10-12% of the adult population and has received increasing attention. Sarcopenia describes a generalizes degenerative skeletal muscle diso...

May 13th, 2022 - Unstable pelvic ring fractures are usually associated with high energy trauma. They account for about 1.5-3.9% of all fractures, but they have a high rate of morbidity and mortality. Although the posterior pelvic ring provides the main stability (...

May 13th, 2022 - Background Canagliflozin is a new oral drug for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and is one of four recently FDA approved sodium glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors, which target renal glucose reabsorption and offer promis...

May 12th, 2022 - Randomized controlled trial (RCT) from Akershus University Hospital in Norway. Randomization between two implants. The investigators will use deltopectoral or deltoid split as surgical access. All patients will have calcar screws and cuff sutures....

May 10th, 2022 - In an updated clinical practice guideline, the American Society of Clinical Oncology has named the Breast Cancer Index (BCI) as the only genomic test that should be used to guide extended endocrine therapy decisions for women with early-stage, hor...

May 9th, 2022 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) showed signs of counteracting the effects of bisphosphonate on bone, according to new research. An exploratory post hoc analysis of data from a randomized clinical trial (RC...

Apr 20th, 2022 - Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) seemed to neutralize the protective benefit of a certain bisphosphonate, according to a post-hoc analysis of a randomized controlled trial. Among over 5,200 community-dwelling women ages 75 and older, ...

Apr 18th, 2022 - Patients who receive parathyroidectomy for mild primary hyperparathyroidism show no benefits in survival or morbidity, including fractures, cancer, or cardiovascular outcomes over more than 10 years, when compared with those not receiving the surg...

Apr 12th, 2022 - Bone strength and microarchitecture remained stronger at 24 months after treatment with denosumab compared to risedronate, in a study of 110 adults using glucocorticoids. Patients using glucocorticoids are at increased risk for vertebral and nonve...