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Impact of social determinants of health on post hospital care following orthopaedic polytrauma

Abstract Purpose To determine whether community socioeconomic distress, measured by the Area Deprivation Index (ADI), is associated with worse short-term clinical outcomes in orthopaedic polytrauma patients treated at an academic level I trauma center. Methods We performed a retr...

Fibula fracture is associated with high rate of vascular injury among low velocity ballistic tibia fractures

Abstract Objective: To evaluate whether the presence of a concurrent fibula fracture in low-velocity ballistic tibia fractures was associated with increased rates of vascular injury and compartment syndrome. We hypothesized that ballistic tibia fractures with an associated fibula...