OBJECTIVE: Vital signs and laboratory values are used to guide decisions to use damage control techniques in lieu of early definitive fracture fixation. Previous models attempted to predict mortality risk but have limited utility. There is a need for...
OBJECTIVES: With the transition to a value-based model of care delivery, bundled payment models have been implemented with demonstrated success in elective lower extremity joint arthroplasty. Yet, hip fracture outcomes are dependent on patient-level ...
The operative elongation of limbs has long been a goal of orthopaedic surgeons. Indeed, the very first external skeletal fixators, although designed for stabilization of displaced fractures, were also used to overcome the posttrauma shortening that s...