Damage Control Orthopaedics

Damage control orthopaedics: an in-theater perspective.

Damage control orthopaedics is well described for civilian trauma. However, significant differences exist for combat-related extremity trauma. Military combat casualty care is defined by levels of care. Each level of care has a specific role in the care of the wounded patient. Because of lack of equipment, austere environments, and significant soft tissue wounds, most combat fractures are stabi...

Damage control orthopaedics: Variability of construct design for external fixation of the lower extremity and implications on cost.

INTRODUCTION To evaluate relative cost of external fixator constructs applied for damage control purposes in a cohort of advanced orthopaedic trainees and orthopaedic staff traumatologists. We also sought to evaluate physicians' understanding of component cost. MATERIALS AND METHODS Participants were asked to apply an external fixator for three separate fracture patterns in damage control fas...

Damage control orthopaedics in the context of battlefield injuries: the use of temporary external fixation on combat trauma soldiers.

INTRODUCTION The purpose of this study was to analyze the use of temporary external fixation within the perspective of a damage control orthopedics attitude in the management of battlefield extremity injuries. HYPOTHESIS Damage control orthopaedics (DCO) is a valuable treatment option for easy and rapid limb fracture stabilization in an unfavorable surgical environment. METHODS Sixteen Fren...

UF Health Orthopaedics - Villages®

Outcomes evaluation in orthopaedics.