Trauma Outcomes & Recovery
How injury patterns, treatment, and timing shape recovery after orthopaedic trauma.
- Treatment timing
- Complications
- Recovery
Current questions
What this program studies
- 01
Treatment timing
When can weight bearing begin without compromising recovery?
- 02
Complications
Which patterns emerge after high-energy orthopaedic trauma?
- 03
Recovery
What happens to healing, mobility, and function after discharge?
In progress
Active studies
30-Year-Old Male with Delayed Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Post-Traumatic Atlantoaxial Rotatory Subluxation
Spine · AcceptanceA shift towards earlier weight bearing after pelvic ring fractures
Temporal trend toward earlier postoperative weight bearing after pelvic ring fractures; accepted at WOA (poster COS), manuscript submitted for open-access publication.
SubmissionAI and clavicle
Compared readability and quality of six AI chatbots answering patient questions about clavicle fracture treatment; published in Cureus (2025).
AcceptanceAI and Rib fractures review
Systematic review of AI diagnostic accuracy for rib fracture detection on X-ray and CT versus physicians; published in J Imaging Informatics in Medicine (2025).
AcceptanceBone Tunnel Repair of Traumatic Lumbar Hernias Without Mesh: A Multidisciplinary Case Series and Literature Review
Trauma · AcceptanceCalcaneus fractures review
Review of calcaneus fracture management, surgical approaches, and recent advances; published in JAAOS (2025).
AcceptanceCan Laser-Assisted Indocyanine Green Angiography Be Used to Quantify Perfusion Changes During Staged Fixation of Pilon Fractures? A Pilot Study
Trauma · AcceptanceCOVID Hip Fractures
Retrospective review of hip fracture care across pre-, early-, and late-COVID periods at a Level 1 trauma center; published in JAAOS Global (2024).
AcceptanceDelayed Diagnosis and Management of Traumatic Cervical Spine Subluxation
Spine · AcceptanceFemoral Head Fractures
Trauma · AcceptanceHomelessness
Orthopedic trauma presentation and outcomes among patients experiencing homelessness; abstract accepted at WOA, manuscript submitted to JAAOS.
SubmissionLanguage and hip fractures
Chart-review study of primary language (and race/ethnicity) and hip fracture care/outcomes, using propensity-score matching; manuscript submitted.
SubmissionMachine Learning on Adult Wrist Radiographs
Meta-analysis of machine-learning diagnostic performance for scaphoid, distal radius, and other wrist fractures versus experts; published in HAND (2026).
AcceptanceMeth and lower extremity trauma
Retrospective chart review of methamphetamine use in lower-extremity trauma (>1,100 patients); abstracts accepted (COS/AAOS), manuscripts on disposition and outcomes submitted.
SubmissionModified subvastus approach — medial distal femur (cadaveric)
Trauma · AcceptanceOTA Survey Approach
Survey of OTA surgeons on preferred surgical approach; manuscript submitted to the Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma.
SubmissionPelvic Ring Injuries: Stable or Not?
Trauma · AcceptancePercutaneous medial distal femur plating (cadaveric)
Trauma · AcceptanceProximal humeral fractures
Proximal humeral fractures analyzed in the NIH All of Us database; abstracts submitted (OTA/WOA/CUSM), manuscript submitted to Orthopedics.
Submission