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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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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.
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VIDEO: Improving Opioid Prescribing Patterns for Orthopedic Trauma Patients
At the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting 2018, Marilyn M. Heng, MD, described how she is seeking to develop a more objective, rational method of prescribing opioids for orthopedic trauma surgery patients.
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How Orthopedic Surgeons Can Combat the Opioid Epidemic
Orthopedic surgeons rank among the highest prescribers of opioids. How can orthopedists curb opioid prescriptions while addressing their patients’ pain? Mass General surgeon Marilyn Heng, MD, shares potential solutions.
Trauma contributors
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Marilyn M. Heng, MD, MPH, FRCSC
Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon, Instructor in Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
No Survival Difference Found Between Fixation and Revision After Vancouver B Fracture
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Mitchel B. Harris, MD
Chief, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon
Recent Article
New Tools Assess Risk of Motor Deficit, Short-term Mortality in Patients with Spinal Epidural Abscess
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
