Fractures of the vertebral column are increasing in incidence. Even though spinal trauma is increasingly being managed in specialist units, these patients often still initially present to district general hospitals. Due to lack of exposure to these patients, the attending Orthopaedic Senior House Officer may not always be aware of current best practice in the acute management of these patients ...

Mortality and morbidity from trauma continues to be a serious, ubiquitous public health problem. Our short communication reports on the benefits of a dedicated lower limb trauma coordinator (LLTC) to the trauma service of a busy inner-London Plastics unit. This is based on a retrospective case-note based audit; performed 19 months prior to the introduction of the LLTC and for 16 months after. A...

<p>Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is an uncommon neutrophilic dermatosis characterized by painful skin ulcers. It associated with various systemic diseases but rarely orthopedic conditions. We report a case of pyogenic in 40-year-old male, that occurred association lower limb fracture. This patient suffered laceration over the ankle which was sutured initially and fracture managed conservative...

BACKGROUND Some life-event experiences such as injuries in car accidents, gun shots and the like, can be life changing and traumatic. OBJECTIVES The article investigated the relationship between mental health and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms after orthopaedic trauma, and attempted to understand whether social support moderates the relationship between mental health and PTSD. ...