Obesity significantly increases the risk of suffering several common complications associated with acetabular fracture surgery, a new study shows. Madhav A. Karunakar, MD, and colleagues at the ...

DENVER — Research indicates that acute open reduction and internal fixation may lead to good outcomes in carefully selected elderly patients with displaced acetabular fractures. “I think that acute ...

Open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) is a type of surgery used to repair broken bones that need to be put back together. During the surgery, some form of hardware is used to hold the bone in ...

Open reduction internal fixation (orif) is a surgery to fix severely broken bones. It’s only used for serious fractures that cannot be treated with a cast or splint. It’s only used for serious ...