Ketamine may reduce positional pain more than dexmedetomidine or nerve block in femur fracture patients
Which drug works best for pain when positioning patients with broken hips?
A 75-patient RCT compared IV ketamine (0.3 mg/kg), IV dexmedetomidine (0.5 μg/kg), and femoral nerve block for analgesia during positioning …
Ketamine outperformed nerve blocks and dexmedetomidine for reducing severe pain when positioning patients with broken hips before surgery.
Minimally displaced scaphoid waist fractures rarely show concurrent ligament injury or progression over five years
When you break your scaphoid wrist bone, how often is a ligament also torn?
A secondary analysis of the SWIFFT RCT in 439 patients with scaphoid waist fractures displaced ≤ 2 mm found scapholunate gap widening > 3 mm…
Most people with a broken scaphoid wrist bone do not have a torn ligament, and even rare tears did not get worse over five years of follow-u…
Bisphosphonates reduce vertebral fracture risk in multiple myeloma, spinal cord compression effect unclear
Can bone drugs protect the spine in multiple myeloma? A new review weighs in
A meta-analysis of 11 randomized trials in adults with multiple myeloma found bisphosphonates reduced vertebral fracture risk compared to no…
Bone drugs called bisphosphonates lower the risk of spine fractures in multiple myeloma patients, though evidence on preventing spinal cord …
Case series reports outcomes for contoured biplanar plate fixation in medial clavicle fractures
Small study reports positive outcomes for new clavicle fracture surgery in five patients
A small case series of 5 young patients with unstable medial clavicle fractures treated with a contoured biplanar low profile angle stable i…
A new low-profile plate helped five young patients heal broken collarbones near the breastbone without needing implant removal after six yea…
Meta-analysis finds no clinically significant outcome differences with postoperative glenoid retroversion ≥15° after aTSA
Does shoulder implant angle matter for recovery? A new review suggests maybe not
A systematic review and meta-analysis of 15 studies involving 1,190 shoulders found no clinically significant differences in patient-reporte…
After shoulder replacement, surgeons often worry about how the socket implant is angled.