Vascular injury and orthopaedics

Military Orthopaedics Zones of hemorrhage: defining vascular injury in military patients with complex pelvic fractures — a consensus panel review

Background Junctional extremity and noncompressible hemorrhage are difficult challenges facing the prehospital provider on the battlefield. The subset of casualties with pelvic or truncal vascular injury represents a challenge in hemorrhage control.

Trail and vascular injury.

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of mortality in the Western world. The underlying pathological process is a thickening of the arterial wall due to the formation of atheromatous plaques which contain a lipid core covered by a fibrous cap. The main mechanisms involved in atherogenesis are: lipoprotein retention, endothelial cell activation, vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation,...

Pediatric orthopaedics and rehabilitation.

Pediatric orthopaedic surgeons commonly interact with PM&R specialists as part of the rehabilitation team. This invited communication is intended to present the residency and fellowship education requirements for a pediatric orthopaedic surgeon and give a review of current work-force issues. Pediatric orthopaedic and PM&R collaboration may be in an acute setting, e.g., post injury or post surge...

Health economics and orthopaedics.

It is becoming widely accepted that research which considers only the outcome and not the costs associated with new technologies in health care, is of limited value in making decisions about the use of scarce resources. Economic evaluation is becoming a standard feature of clinical research but many published economic evaluations fall short of best practice in their methodology. We have describ...

Traumatology and Orthopaedics Clinic