Background Trauma places a significant burden on healthcare services, and its
management impacts greatly on the injured patient. The demographic of major trauma is …

Background Hip fractures are a major healthcare problem, presenting a huge challenge and
burden to patients, healthcare systems and society. The increased proportion of older adults …

Introduction We present a single-surgeon series of 14 acute ruptured distal biceps tendons
repaired using a biotenodesis screw through a single anterior incision. Patients The …

Introduction: Hip fracture remains the biggest single source of morbidity and mortality in the
elderly trauma population, and any intervention focused on quality improvement and system …

Objectives: Traditionally, the anterior surgical approach of choice for acetabular
reconstruction was ilioinguinal. There has been an increasing usage of the midline “Stoppa” …

Surgical interventions for treating extracapsular hip fractures in adults: a network meta‐analysis
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Objective To describe spinal fracture patterns presenting to deployed medical facilities
during recent military operations. Methods Retrospective analysis of the United Kingdom …

Best practice tariff (BPT) was introduced as a financial incentive model to improve
compliance with evidence-based care, such as operation for hip fracture within 36 hours of …

In response to the 2014 Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa, the UK deployed a Joint Inter-
Agency Task Force to Sierra Leone. As well as constructing Ebola treatment units, the force …

Extent of tissue trauma and contamination determine outcome in extremity injury. In contrast
to fracture, osteomyelitis, and closed muscle injury studies, there are limited small animal …