ALLMedicine™ Pelvic Fractures Center

May 18th, 2022 - This retrospective cohort study assesses the incidences of major fractures and surgery in women during the puerperium and the lactation period in Finland between January 1, 1999, and December 31, 2018. Using nationwide data from the Finnish Care R...

May 14th, 2022 - Traumatic testicular dislocation is an uncommon complication of blunt scrotal injury and is easily overlooked because of the presence of other severe accompanying injuries. In most cases, an operation is needed for the prevention of malignant chan...

May 13th, 2022 - Bleeding from pelvic fractures can result in a high mortality rate unless quickly triaged by the trauma surgeon. Upon presentation, pelvic radiography may identify fractures that require angiography with possible embolization. We sought to address...

May 4th, 2022 - No algorithm exists to guide the orthopedic treatment of pediatric patients with pelvic fractures, as most analytic studies have been conducted in adults. The goal of this study was to identify prognostic factors of pelvic fractures, and suggest w...

Apr 26th, 2022 - There are no generally accepted criteria for when and how to fixate osteoporotic pelvic ring fractures in elderly. This systemic review aims to summarize the currently available literature regarding the indications and methods for surgical fixatio...

Apr 21st, 2022 - The goal of this prospective, randomized clinical trial is to determine whether prehospital use of a commercial pelvic binder will improve morbidity and mortality in patients with pelvic fractures. We hypothesize that prehospital placement of pelv...

Feb 2nd, 2022 - This study will be conducted in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and Operating Room (OR) of Valleywise Health Medical Center. The study population will include adult subjects age ≥ 18 years of age, that require surgery for management of their traumati...

Oct 4th, 2021 - More than one million Americans suffer an extremity fracture (broken bone in the arm, leg, or pelvis) that requires surgery each year. Approximately 5% (or 50,000) of surgical fracture patients develop a surgical site infection (SSI), which is twi...

Feb 9th, 2021 - The incidence rate of pelvic fractures increases dramatically with age, from 5.4 and 3.8 per 10,000 person-years in women and men aged 65 to 69 years to 93.5 and 44.5 per 10,000 person-years in women and men aged 90 years and older, respectively. ...

Nov 22nd, 2019 - Pelvic fractures are not usually isolated injuries and it is common that these severely injured patients have concomitant abdominal or thoracic trauma further complicating their management. In situations where multiple sources of hemodynamic insta...

Oct 27th, 2021 - SGLT-2 inhibitors were deemed safe for the bones in older patients with type 2 diabetes, a new study reassured. No significant differences were seen in regards to fracture risk when comparing new SGLT-2 inhibitor users versus new DPP-4 inhibitor u...

Dec 3rd, 2018 - Nephrotic syndrome is one of several disease states that increase a patient's risk of developing VTE. VTE associated with nephrotic syndrome appears to be due to a hypercoagulable state resulting from urinary loss of anticoagulant proteins, togeth...

Sep 22nd, 2017 - The eighth annual Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP®) Scientific Meeting and Training will take place November 11−13 at the Hilton Chicago. Register online for the meeting at facs.

Nov 21st, 2016 - Action Points The thiazide-like diuretic chlorthalidone was associated with a significantly lower risk of hip and pelvic fractures compared with either lisinopril or amlodipine during approximately 5 years of follow-up and 5 additional years of po...

Oct 23rd, 2016 - WAIKOLOA, HAWAII – Blunt trauma patients admitted in shock with anterior posterior compression III or vertical shear fracture patterns, or patients with open pelvic fracture are at greatest risk of severe bleeding requiring pelvic hemorrhage contr.