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Timing of Humeral Shaft Fracture Repair Does Not Affect Risk of Iatrogenic Radial Nerve Injury
Radial nerve palsy is common after reduction and fixation of diaphyseal humerus fractures, which often influences patients to pursue nonsurgical management. Mass General researchers were part of the first team to evaluate whether earlier surgery reduces the risk.
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Most Patients Believe Marijuana Is Effective for Pain Relief After Musculoskeletal Injury
With medical marijuana becoming legal in many states, patients want to know whether it can help them during orthopedic trauma recovery. Mass General physicians led the first research team to investigate.
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Greater Opioid Intake After Ankle Fracture Linked to Increased Pain
After fracture surgery, patients who consume more opioids do not experience less pain or greater satisfaction than patients who consume lower amounts of opioid medication, according to past studies. Mass General researchers wondered whether the same was true specifically for ankle fracture surgery.
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Treatments for Open Fracture and Injury Complications
In this video, Malcolm Smith, MD, PhD, chief of the Orthopaedic Trauma Center at Massachusetts General Hospital, discusses his work in reconstructing open fractures and managing the complications of the bone healing process.
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Surgeon Interpretations of CT Scans of Scaphoid Waist Fractures Vary Widely
Massachusetts General Hospital researchers have found that interpretation of computed tomography scans of scaphoid waist fractures is widely variable, suggesting that imaging alone should not guide treatment decisions about partial union.
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No Survival Difference Found Between Fixation and Revision After Vancouver B Fracture
No research has ever compared patient survival after the major treatment options for Vancouver B periprosthetic femur fractures. Surgeons set out to bridge that knowledge gap.
Trauma contributors
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Marilyn M. Heng, MD, MPH, FRCSC
Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon, Instructor in Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Patient-specific Factors Should Guide Treatment of Acute Achilles Tendon Rupture
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Mitchel B. Harris, MD
Chief, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon
Recent Article
Research Advances from Mass General Orthopaedics
Orthopaedic Care at Mass General
At Mass General, our world-class physicians and surgeons treat the full spectrum of musculoskeletal conditions—from sprains and strains on the athletic field to limb sparing oncology procedures; from carpal tunnel syndrome to complex spinal reconstruction.Resource links
