Trauma

Humeral Shaft Fractures: When the Plate Beats the Brace

New study out of Finland, called FISH (yes, really) compared bracing to surgery for humeral shaft fracture. The endpoint? Cost.

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Musculoskeletal Tumor Registry Drops First Annual Report

AAOS’s Musculoskeletal Tumor Registry releasing its first-ever Annual Report is a pretty big deal.

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CurvaFix Expands National Market Access – Awarded Technology Breakthrough Designation With Premier Inc. for General Orthopedic Trauma Products

Approximately two-thirds of all healthcare providers in the U.S. to have access to CurvaFix®, advancing innovative pelvic fracture fixation that supports faster recovery and mobility.

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OTA Annual Meeting Dives Into Trauma’s Toughest Calls

OTA Annual Meeting lands in Phoenix (Oct. 15–18), promising four days of high-stakes debate, surgical pearls, and maybe even a few career-saving tips.

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JBJS Case: Simple Trick to Dodge the Above-Knee Penalty

Every trauma surgeon has been there: you’re in the middle of a mangled extremity case, and the math doesn’t add up.

Click, Shift, Heal: Controlled Dynamization Tested

Every trauma surgeon knows the love–hate relationship with circular external fixators.

Humeral Shaft Fractures: Fixation Versus Bracing at 3 Months

Few injuries test the patience of both trauma surgeons and patients like the humeral shaft fracture.

Wrapping It Up: Fascial Sock Lowers Osseointegration Morbidity

If you’ve ever managed a transfemoral amputee with osseointegration (OI), you know the story…

Sleepless in Scrubs: JBJS Study Puts Trauma Calls to the Test

You weren’t imagining it — home call really is eating your REM cycles for breakfast.

Still Wreckin’: 20 Years of ATV and Dirt Bike Fractures

Brace yourselves—America’s youth continue to launch themselves off dirt ramps and into your trauma.

Cracking the Code on the Elusive Dubberley IIA Elbow Fracture

Ever have a unicorn come limping into your trauma bay? In pediatric ortho, that’s what Dubberley IIA elbow fracture is. Here’s a rare study on this fascinating ortho “unicorn.”

Is This the Machine Age in Pelvic Fracture Fixation?

Fixing unstable pelvic fractures is about as fun as trying to play Jenga during an earthquake.