Polytrauma
On this regularly updated page, we feature a new topic with links to OTA's wide variety of resources. The current topic is polytrauma.
OTA International (selected articles)
- The polytrauma patient: Current concepts and evolving care
- Skeletal surveys lack efficacy in obtunded polytrauma patients
- Comparing the responsiveness of a generic and a musculoskeletal specific functional outcome measure in orthopaedic patients with operative fixation of pelvic ring, acetabulum, or tibia fractures: a comparison between single injury and multiply injured patients
Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma (selected articles)
- Does the Coexistence of Multiple Segmental Rib Fractures in Polytrauma Patients Presenting With “Major” Vertebral Fracture Affect Care and Acute Outcomes?
- Precision Medicine Applications to Manage Multiply Injured Patients With Orthopaedic Trauma
- Early Definitive Fracture Fixation is Safely Performed in the Presence of an Open Abdomen in Multiply Injured Patients
- Management of Closed Diaphyseal Humerus Fractures in Patients With Injury Severity Score ≥17
OTA Videos (selected)
- Valgus Intertrochanteric Osteotomy for the Treatment of Femoral Neck Fracture Non-Union
- Autologous Bone Graft Harvest Using the Reamer-Irrigator-Aspirator
- Compartment Syndrome in Polytrauma Patients
- Timing Is Everything: Fracture Fixation in the Polytrauma Patient
- Assessment of Polytraumatized Patients According to the Berlin Definition
Book chapters (selected)
Rockwood and Green
- Management of the Multiply Injured Patient
- Patient Challenges in Care
- System Challenges to Care
- Timing of Management of Orthopedic Injury
- Management of Injuries to Other Systems
Rockwood and Wilkins
