BOULDER, Colo. — Although the risk of infection may increase with open fracture, early administration of prophylactic antibiotics may decrease this risk, according to a speaker at the International ...

Orthopedics faculty at LSU Health New Orleans participated in a study comparing two antisepsis aqueous solutions in reducing the risk of infection in patients requiring surgery for open fractures. In ...

A new study compares the effectiveness of two antisepsis aqueous solutions in reducing the risk of infection in patients requiring surgery for open fractures. The research team found that contrary to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 26-year-old man who was in a motorcycle crash arrived at the ED with a Glasgow Coma Scale score of 3T.

Editor's Note: This article was originally published on February 20, 2001, and has been updated in order to provide the reader with additional references as well as to clarify several issues. The ...

Background Tibial shaft fracture is a common sports injury in young athletic population. Open fractures can result in significant morbidity. Our aim was to study the epidemiology, severity and soft ...

Open book pelvic fractures are a type of traumatic break that can occur in the pelvic ring. They are rare but may be life threatening due to bleeding and other injuries that may be present in the area ...

A vertebral compression fracture (VCF) is a break in an individual bone, or vertebra, of the spine that causes the vertebra to collapse. A lumbar VCF affects the lower spine. When a VCF occurs, the ...

New Orleans, LA – Orthopaedics faculty at LSU Health New Orleans participated in a study comparing two antisepsis aqueous solutions in reducing the risk of infection in patients requiring surgery for ...