-
Featured
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.
-
Featured
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.
-
Featured
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.
-
Innovations in Complex Shoulder Reconstruction
In this video, Bassem T. Elhassan, MD, co-chief of the Shoulder Service at Massachusetts General Hospital, discusses his unique approach to developing tendon transfer procedures in order to alleviate shoulder pain.
-
Review: Evaluation and Treatment of Galeazzi Fractures
Rohit Garg, MD, MBBS, and Chaitanya S. Mudgal, MD, orthopedic surgeons in the Hand and Arm Center at Massachusetts General Hospital, review the evaluation and surgical treatment of Galeazzi injuries—fractures of the radial shaft associated with disruption of the distal radioulnar joint.
-
Hemorrhage Control After Pelvic Trauma: Mass General Algorithm Incorporates Debated Approaches
Dennis Hundersmarck, MD, and Marilyn Heng, MD, MPH, orthopaedic trauma surgeon in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, and colleagues confirm the effectiveness and safety of two different strategies for hemorrhage control after pelvic trauma in an 18-year retrospective study.
Trauma contributors
-
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
-
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
