Hurricane Harvey Aftermath.

Natural disasters, such as hurricanes and severe flooding, pose a threat of increased skin and soft-tissue infections, especially in the event of open fractures and wading through the waters. The purpose of this case study is to present a complex patient sustaining trauma resulting in an open bimalleolar fracture, multiple wounds, and exposure to a variety of water-borne pathogens during Hurricane Harvey in Houston, Texas, in 2017. He underwent multiple incision and drainage procedures, tissue cultures, and placement of antibiotic beads, with an application of external fixation to the left ankle.

Osteogenic protein-1 (bone morphogenic protein-7) combined with various adjuncts in the treatment of humeral diaphyseal nonunions.

A prospective study was conducted to determine the efficacy of using recombinant BMP-7 (rhOP-1) as an adjuvant in the treatment of diaphyseal humeral nonunions. Twenty-three consecutive patients with atrophic humeral diaphyseal nonunions were treated at seven separate institutions. All nonunions were fixed with either a compression plate or an intramedullary nail in conjunction with various bone grafting techniques.