Damage Control Orthopedics · Boards

Damage Control Orthopedics · trauma

Damage-control orthopedics is best summarized as:

• ANever definitively fix a femur in a polytrauma patient
• BPhysiology first, then definitive bone work; spanning constructs are a bridge
• CAlways C-clamp every pelvic ring injury
• DDelay all orthopedic care until ICU day 14