Epidemiology, treatment and outcome after compartment syndrome of the thigh in 69 cases - Experiences from a level I trauma centre.

Background: Compartment syndrome of the thigh (CST) is a rare condition, and its delayed diagnosis and therapy may lead to devastating adverse effects. Thus, the aim of this study was to present the amassed clinical experiences, regarding diagnosis and treatment of CST at a level I trauma centre.

Materials And Methods: The database was reviewed for all patients with a manifest CST treated surgically between 1995 and 2014.

Post-operative retransfusion of unwashed filtered shed blood reduces allogenic blood demand in hip hemiarthroplasty in traumatic femoral neck fractures-a prospective randomized trial.

Purpose: Patients who undergo hip hemiarthroplasty (HHA) due to traumatic femoral neck fracture frequently require red blood cell (RBC) transfusion. Although post-operative autologous blood transfusion (ABT) is well established in elective arthroplasty, its role in trauma patients remains unclear.

Methods: Two hundred twenty-nine patients with a traumatic femoral neck fracture that underwent HHA at our level-I trauma centre between 2005 and 2009 were prospectively randomized to a high-vacuum drainage or an ABT device.

Risk factors indicating the need for cranial CT scans in elderly patients with head trauma: an Austrian trial and comparison with the Canadian CT Head Rule.

Object: This study presents newly defined risk factors for detecting clinically important brain injury requiring neurosurgical intervention and intensive care, and compares it with the Canadian CT Head Rule (CCHR).

Methods: This prospective cohort study was conducted in a single Austrian Level-I trauma center and enrolled a consecutive sample of mildly head-injured adults who presented to the emergency department with witnessed loss of consciousness, disorientation, or amnesia, and a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score of 13-15. The studied population consisted of a large number of elderly patients living in Vienna.

[Interdisciplinary cooperation in emergency room management].

Accidents do not only cause human harm but also tremendous costs. Prevention of injuries and improvement of management has reduced the mortality in trauma during recent years. Because time is an important factor in treatment of severely injured patients, the initial clinical treatment is the key in the management of these patients.

[Technical defects of tourniquet manometers].

The use of a tourniquet causes in 0.013% to 1.15% complications (e.

Reduction of severe wrist injuries in snowboarding by an optimized wrist protection device: a prospective randomized trial.

Background: The benefits of sport are well recognized, but many activities carry a sport-specific injury risk. Snowboarding has become an increasingly popular winter sport in Austria in recent years, with an estimated 900,000 participants annually. Roughly 6,000 of these suffer from injury and up to 2,000 sustain moderate or severe wrist injuries (mainly fractures of the distal radius and epiphysiolyses).

Risk of injury through snowboarding.

Objective: Survey of a group of snowboarders and study of their injuries, as well as analysis of the risk of injury considering the time spent on the snowboard.

Materials And Methods: Of 7,221 students participating in winter sport programs organized by Austrian schools, 2,745 of those riding snowboards were asked to fill out questionnaires pertaining to demographics, their experience level, equipment, snowboard riding habits, and associated injuries.

Results: A total of 2,579 snowboarders (94%), who spent a total of 10,119 days snowboarding, filled out a questionnaire which could be evaluated.

[Risk of injuries in snow boarding].

Survey of a group of injured snowboarders and analysis of their sustained injuries and risk factors in comparison to experience level and equipment. 55% of all injuries occurred within the first 7 days of learning how to ride the snowboard. The affected body region of 36% of all injuries and 53% of the severe injuries was the wrist.