Optimizing Outcomes after Operative Treatment Bicondylar Tibial Plateau Fractures - Time for Innovation?

Bicondylar tibial plateau fractures are technically demanding fractures that have a high complication rate. We sought to review the recent literature with the aim to summarize the development of new classification systems that may enhance the surgeon's understanding of the fracture pattern and injury. We highlight the best methods for infection control and touch on new innovative solutions using 3D printer models and augmented mixed reality to provide potentially personalized solutions for each specific fracture configuration.

Accuracy of FAST in detecting intraabdominal bleeding in major trauma with pelvic and/or acetabular fractures: a retrospective cohort study.

Purpose: The Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST) is a tool to rapidly detect intraabdominal and intrapericardial fluid with point-of-care ultrasound. Previous studies have questioned the role of FAST in patients with pelvic fractures. The aim of the present study was to assess the accuracy of FAST to detect clinically significant intraabdominal hemorrhage in patients with pelvic fractures.

Plate-assisted bone-segment transport in the femur with 2 internal lengthening nails: a technical note and a case report.

A novel technique to resolve large bone defects, using 2 internal lengthening nails (ILNs), one antegrade and one retro-grade, aligned in a custom-made tube is presented. A 28-year-old, healthy, asymptomatic male presented with a slowly growing mass in the left femur.

Ogilvie Syndrome in Patients With Traumatic Pelvic and/or Acetabular Fractures: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Objectives: To assess the incidence, risk factors, and clinical outcomes of Ogilvie syndrome (OS) in patients with pelvic and/or acetabular fractures.

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Setting: Level 1 trauma center.

Lower urinary tract injuries in patients with pelvic fractures at a level 1 trauma center - an 11-year experience.

Background: Urological injuries can occur in patients with pelvic fractures. Treatment recommendations lack solid evidence and is often pragmatical. There is a continuous need to describe short- and long-term morbidity following lower urinary tract trauma.

Plate-assisted Bone Segment Transport With Motorized Lengthening Nails and Locking Plates: A Technique to Treat Femoral and Tibial Bone Defects.

Unlabelled: This article describes a new bone transport technique for femoral and tibial bone defects using lengthening nails combined with locking plates. We term it plate-assisted bone segment transport (PABST).

Methods: Nine patients with five femoral and four tibial bone defects from open fractures or malignancies were treated between 2016 and 2018.

The cost of infection in severe open tibial fractures treated with a free flap.

Purpose: Open tibial fractures needing soft tissue cover are challenging injuries. Infection risk is high, making treatment difficult and expensive. Delayed skin closure has been shown to increase the infection rate in several studies.