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In trauma surgery and orthopaedics, the potential applications of 3D-assisted surgery are very diverse and promising. 3D technologies can be used across various stages of a patient’s medical journey. Virtual...

Tools for rapid and reliable assessment of trauma severity, for reliable assessment of organ damage and early detection of complications and organ failure but also new strategies to improve regeneration and ...

Time and again, traumatologists and orthopedic surgeons have to deal with the issue of bone defects. Whether after major trauma, tumor resection or, for example, septic pseudarthrosis. The treatment is alway...

Bleeding remains the most common cause of potentially preventable deaths, in both, the civilian and military settings. Non-compressible intra-abdominal and pelvic bleeding accounts for a significant number o...

Thoracic trauma comprises a common entity in the spectrum of injury. Both blunt and penetrating trauma to the chest can involve the chest-wall, the pleural cavities and the lungs, but additionally mediastina...

Trauma registries document trauma patients and their treatment and outcomes. There are hospital registries, regional registries, or even national trauma registries. These registries mainly have two aims: the...