SAN DIEGO -- Preoperative clonidine reduced intraoperative blood loss and postoperative transfusions among patients undergoing pelvic and acetabular fracture surgery, a randomized trial showed.

1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States 2 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States Introduction: ...

Open reduction ankle surgery involves open surgery on fractured ankles. Doctors will realign ankle bones and may install internal fixations to keep them in place as they heal. Recovery from open ...

Objective To describe the clinical and radiographic outcomes of a cohort of patients with acetabular fractures treated with the modified Stoppa approach. Methods We conducted a prospective analysis of ...

Introduction: Acetabular fractures are among the most challenging injuries in traumatology. The complex anatomy usually requires extensive surgical approaches baring the risk for iatrogenic damage to ...

Open reduction internal fixation (ORIF) surgery repairs severe bone breakages. Surgeons perform ORIF surgery on severely broken bones when a cast or splint will not suffice. ORIF surgery is a major ...

Conversion total hip arthroplasty (THA) is considered the main treatment plan for patients with first-line treatment failure of acetabulum fracture. This meta-analysis aims to assess the effect of the ...

Gregory G. Polkowski II, M.D., M.Sc. (left) congratulates Lead Author Christopher M. Melnic, M.D. (right) / Courtesy of AAHKS Is inferior screw fixation a safe and reliable way of reducing acetabular ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Mean migration of acetabular and femoral components differed from the published threshold. Most patient-reported ...