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Studies from Medical University of Vienna have provided new data on health and medicine

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, August 8th, 2010

Data detailed in 'Prone or lateral' Use of the Kocher-Langenbeck approach to treat acetabular fractures' have been presented. "This retrospective, institutional review board approved study with no patients excluded was designed to test the hypothesis that the prone position is advantageous for repair of acetabular fractures, via a posterior approach. In 104 consecutive cases fixed by open reduction and internal fixation using the Kocher-Langenbeck approach, 50 were performed in the prone position and 54 in the lateral position by four attending surgeons at a level I trauma center," scientists writing in the Journal of Trauma report.

"These cases were assigned to...

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