Background: Proximal femur fractures are prevalent among the elderly and associated with substantial morbidity,mortality, and early readmission. Early readmission is gaining popularity as a measure of quality of hospital care and canlower reimbursement. A better understanding of the patient and treatment characteristics associated with readmissionmay help inform program improvement initiatives....

BACKGROUND The treatment of trauma victims is a complex multi-professional task in a stressful environment. We previously found that trauma team members perceive leadership as the most important human factor. The aim of the present study was to assess the experience and education of Norwegian trauma team leaders, and allow them to describe their perceived educational needs. METHODS We conduct...

The improvised explosive device (IED) has been the most significant threat by terrorists worldwide. Blast trauma has produced a wide pattern of combat spinal column injuries not commonly experienced in the civilian community. Unfortunately, explosion-related injuries have also become a widespread reality of civilian life throughout the world, and civilian medical providers who are involved in e...

Penetrating traumas to the gluteal region can occur via vascular injury, nerve injuries, or damage perineal organs. Vascular injuries are usually life-threatening in penetrating traumas. Therefore, use of angiograms may be necessary for management assess bleeding focus. Herein, case a 24-year-old male who applied emergency department with stab wound injury is presented. Digital subtraction angi...

OBJECTIVE To compare outcomes of appendectomy in an Acute Care Surgery (ACS) model to that of a traditional home-call attending surgeon model. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA Acute care surgery (ACS, a combination of trauma surgery, emergency surgery, and surgical critical care) has been proposed as a practice model for the future of general surgery. To date, there are few data regarding outcomes of ...

Vitreous hemorrhage is the most frequent finding in ocular trauma. In cases with obscured fundus visualization associated pathologies (retinal tear, choroidal detachment, intraocular foreign body, retinal etc.) should be evaluated by ultrasonography and vitreous motility monitored even if retina attached. A decrease points to development of proliferative vitreoretinopathy requires early vitrect...

Abstract
 Popliteal artery occlusion is a rare vascular complication after blunt knee trauma and may lead to limb loss if diagnosis delayed. Development of collateral pathways misguide the surgeon in planning surgeries for defect reconstruction. We report case patient with popliteal resulting from dislocation fall height, which developed anteromedial ankle following orthopedic surgery. Aft...

The overall incidence of different types periprosthetic fractures is on the rise constantly due to increasing volume primary joint arthroplasties and revision arthroplasties. Skills pertaining advanced complex trauma arthroplasty are necessary manage these injuries. Inspite various algorithms classifications available regarding management injuries, it for treating surgeon understand that treatm...

Lumbar artery pseudoaneurysms are infrequent complications of penetrating trauma. When present, they are often accompanied by other injuries; however, we report the case of an isolated traumatic lumbar artery aneurysm resulting from a single knife stab. The lesion was successfully treated with endovascular microcoil embolization. While these injuries are uncommon, the surgeon must maintain a hi...