Medium-Term Patient-Reported Quality of Life and Activities of Daily Living in Surgically Treated Trauma Patients With Pelvic, Acetabular or Combined Pelvic and Acetabular Fractures in a Retrospective Single-Center Study.

Objective: To gain more insights in the medium-term patient-reported quality of life (QoL), activities of daily living (ADL), and number of complications in trauma patients with an acetabular fracture (AF), a pelvic fracture (PF), and those with a surgically combined pelvic and AF (PAF).

Design: Retrospective single-center study.

Setting: Level I academic trauma center.

ESTES recommendations on proximal humerus fractures in the elderly.

Purpose: The section for the skeletal trauma and sport's injuries of the European Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery (ESTES) appointed a task force group to reach a consensus among European countries on proximal humeral fractures.

Material/methods: The task force group organized several consensus meetings until a paper with final recommendations was confirmed during the ESTES Executive Board meeting in Berlin on 25 October 2018.

Conclusion: The Recommendations compare conservative and four possible operative treatment options (ORIF, nailing, hemi- and total reverse arthroplasty) and enable the smallest common denominator for the surgical treatment among ESTES members.

Gait analysis related to functional outcome in patients operated for ankle fractures.

Ankle fractures are among the most common lower limb fractures. Associations between postoperative radiographic results and clinical outcome have been found, but less is known about the relevant ankle biomechanics. This study analyzed ankle kinematics, radiographic findings, and patient-reported outcome measures (PROM) in patients treated for ankle fractures.

The Photodynamic Bone Stabilization System in the Treatment of Humerus Fractures: A Prospective Clinical Trial.

Background Fractures of the proximal humerus are among the most common long-bone fractures and present unique challenges to surgeons. Traditional internal fixation methods, such as intramedullary nails, are associated with drawbacks such as an inability to fully fill the trabecular space and a limited ability to utilize supplemental hardware in many cases. We evaluated the safety and effectiveness of a novel fracture fixation device that utilizes a light-cured monomer to stabilize the fracture in a cohort of patients suffering from humerus fractures.

Gait Analysis and Functional Outcome After Calcaneal Fracture.

Background: Calcaneal fractures are associated with substantial morbidity and socioeconomic impact, frequently leading to limited functional outcome and high economic costs. The Oxford foot model (OFM) has been reported as a valid addition to the biomechanical examination of the foot. The aim of our study was to analyze the gait of patients after operative repair of a calcaneal fracture in relation to functional outcome and radiographic findings.

Conservative management of proximal humeral fractures: can poor functional outcome be related to standard transscapular radiographic evaluation?

Hypothesis: Functional outcome after conservative management is predicted by changes in angulation of the fractured humeral head and can be used for individual patients to predict functional outcome.

Materials And Methods: Standard anteroposterior (AP) and transscapular (Y) radiographs were used to evaluate 55 patients with minimally displaced proximal humeral fractures during the first week of conservative treatment. Functional outcome was determined by the Constant-Murley and Disabilities of Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) scores.

The relationship between the outcome of operatively treated calcaneal fractures and institutional fracture load. A systematic review of the literature.

Background: It has been assumed that outcome after open reduction and internal fixation of displaced intra-articular calcaneal fractures may be affected by the presence of institutional trauma care and the institution's fracture volume. The purpose of this systematic review was to investigate whether a relationship exists between institutional fracture load and the rates of serious infection and subtalar arthrodesis following the treatment of these fractures.

Methods: With use of a systematic method, all studies published between 2000 and 2006 describing adult patients undergoing open reduction and internal fixation of a displaced intra-articular fracture of the calcaneus were included.

The Polarus intramedullary nail for proximal humeral fractures: outcome in 28 patients followed for 1 year.

Background: One of the new treatment options for proximal humeral fractures is the minimally invasive intramedullary nail. In this study, we reviewed the early clinical results after 1 year.

Patients And Methods: 35 patients with proximal humeral fractures were treated using the Polarus nail.

Compression-locked nailing of the humerus: a mechanical analysis.

Background: In the treatment of humeral fractures, reamed nailing and compression have been reported to give higher stability. In this cadaver study, we compared the Unreamed Humeral Nail (UHN) with the (reamed) Telescopic Locking Nail (TLN) to find out whether any differences exist concerning bending and rotational stability, both with and without compression.

Methods: Nails were tested in a paired set-up with 8 pairs of fresh frozen cadaveric humeri.