Die Neustrukturierung der Notaufnahme gemäß dem G-BA-Beschluss zu einem gestuften System von Notfallstrukturen.

Background: There is no assessment of the effects regarding the decision of the Federal Joint Committee from April 19th, 2018 which demands a central and interdisciplinary emergency room system under the control of a professionally and organizationally independent administration. The aim of this study was to solicit the current opinion of leading orthopedic surgeons regarding the above-mentioned decision.

Material And Methods: An online questionnaire was sent to all 731 members of the Verband Leitender Orthopäden und Unfallchirurgen (www.

[Position of trauma surgery in emergency medicine].

Background: The decision of the Federal Joint Committee has resulted in the further development of in-hospital emergency medicine through the establishment of central emergency departments and staged emergency care. In addition, the additional training in clinical acute and emergency medicine was established.

Aim: The aim of this work is on the one hand to make trauma surgeons aware of these structural changes.

[Pedelec users get more severely injured compared to conventional cyclists].

Background: For years e‑bike (Pedelec) sales have been steadily increasing. Therefore, the incidence of e‑bike-related injuries and deaths has been growing. Due to clinical experience, emergency personnel are suspecting that e‑bikers might be injured more severely compared to conventional bicyclists suffering from an accident.

Resomer C212© in vertebroplasty or kyphoplasty: A feasibility study on artificial bones with biomechanical and thermal evaluation.

Background: Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty are now well-established methods for treating compression fractures of vertebral bodies (AO type A) as well as vertebral body metastases [1, 2, 3]. However, polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) augmented vertebrae show fractures of subsequent vertebral bodies due to the increased stability of the augmented vertebral body [4]. Resorbable cements are currently only used experimentally.