Treatment of open fractures in children is challenged by Johns Hopkins

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SURGERY UNNECESSARY FOR OPEN FRACTURES? (Orthopedics This Week)
New work from researchers at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center is challenging the clinical status quo. In a study of 40 pediatric patients, the investigators found that many children with open fractures in the forearm or lower leg can heal safely without surgery.
The study, which involved children ages 4 to 16 treated nonsurgically at Johns Hopkins between 2000 and 2013, was published ahead of print in the Journal of Children’s Orthopaedics. As indicated in the December 10, 2014 news release, “The team found that when the wound is s...

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