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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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Surgery Linked to Better Odds of Neurologic Improvement in Gunshot-induced Spinal Injuries
Brian C. Goh, MD, PhD, Stuart H. Hershman, MD, and colleagues found that patients who had gunshot-induced injury (GSI) to the thoracic or lumbar spine were more likely to improve on the American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale if they had surgery.
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Neural Damage from Severe Abusive Head Trauma in Children Is Age-Dependent
A large-animal model created at Massachusetts General Hospital suggests developmental differences affect the extent and pattern of neural damage after severe abusive head trauma in children. Work is underway to develop age-specific therapies that might limit progression of the damage.
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Early Fixation of Closed Pilon Fractures Does Not Increase Infection Risk for Selected Patients
With judicious patient selection, early definitive fixation of closed pilon fractures does not increase the risk of postoperative infection or wound complications that require surgical management, according to a retrospective study at three Harvard teaching hospital trauma centers.
Orthopaedic Trauma Contributors
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Marilyn M. Heng, MD, MPH, FRCSC
Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon, Instructor in Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Hemorrhage Control After Pelvic Trauma: Mass General Algorithm Incorporates Debated Approaches
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Mitchel B. Harris, MD
Chief, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon
Recent Article
Mass General Program Encourages Diversity in Orthopedics
Orthopaedic Care at Mass General
At Mass General, our world-class physicians and surgeons treat the full spectrum of musculoskeletal conditions throughout the body, from sprains and strains on the athletic field to carpal tunnel syndrome. Our team offers innovative, research-based treatments that range from limb-saving oncological procedures to complex spinal reconstruction.