Fractures

Organisations | Guidance & Pathways | Outcomes | Evidence

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Organisations

See list of links to Orthopaedic organisations here

Guidance & Pathways

National Institute for Health & Care Excellence (NICE)

• NG37 Fractures (complex): assessment and management 2016
• NG38 Fractures (non-complex): assessment and management 2016
• CG124 Hip fracture: management updated May 2017

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN)

• SIGN Guideline 111 Management of hip fractures in older people
• SIGN Guideline 142 Management of osteoporosis and the prevention of fragility fractures

Other UK Guidance

• British Association of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons: Open Fractures of the Lower Limb
• British Orthopaedic Association Standards for Trauma: BOAST 7. Fracture Clinic Services
• British Orthopaedic Association Standards for Trauma: BOAST 12. The Management of Ankle Fractures
• College of Emergency Medicine Guideline for the Management of Suspected Scaphoid Fractures in the Emergency Department

International Guidance

• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons: Management of Hip Fractures in the Elderly

Quick TRIP search for guidance on fractures

Outcomes

National Hip Fracture Database – includes dashboards, audit, outcomes

Evidence Summaries

BestBETS evidence summaries on fractures

Key Research

Fracture clinic service redesign: an audit evaluating clinic waiting times and compliance to British Orthopaedic Association standards. Future Healthcare Journal 2017 June 1  doi: 10.7861/futurehosp.4-2-s6Future Hosp J June 1, 2017 vol. 4 no. Suppl 2 s6

The clinical and cost effectiveness of a virtual fracture clinic service. Bone and Joint Research, 2017 May 4 DOI: 10.1302/2046-3758.65.BJR-2017-0330.R1

An audit of fracture clinic services in a London district general hospital: Are patients being referred according to national guidance? Int J Surg 2015 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2015.07.359