Increased morbidity and mortality in elderly patients with lower extremity trauma and associated injuries: A review of 420,066 patients from the national trauma database.

Introduction: There is a paucity of research addressing the morbidity and mortality associated with polytrauma in elderly patients. This study aimed to compare the outcomes of elderly trauma patients with an isolated lower extremity fracture, to patients lower extremity fractures and associated musculoskeletal injuries.

Methods: This study is a retrospective review from the National Trauma Database (NTDB) between 2008 and 2014.

Biomechanical properties of volar hybrid and locked plate fixation in distal radius fractures.

Purpose: We compare the biomechanical properties of a volar hybrid construct to an all-locking construct in an osteoporotic and normal comminuted distal radius fracture model.

Methods: Groups of 28 normal, 28 osteoporotic, and 28 over-drilled osteoporotic left distal radius synthetic bones were used. The normal group consisted of synthetic bone with a standard foam core.