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[Edinburgh Orthopaedics @EdinOrthopaedic]

📣Abstract submission deadline extended to Monday 18th May 📣

Submit your work for the Edinburgh International Trauma Symposium 2026 …

Residents with accepted abstracts are eligible for reduced registration fee

Submission instructions available at https://t.co/W8Ya94WX40

[Edinburgh Orthopaedics @EdinOrthopaedic]

Registration is now open for the Edinburgh International Trauma Symposium 2026 and the Edinburgh FRCS Revision Course 2026!
We’re also excited to open registration for our pre-courses: Edinburgh Arthroplasty Day and Edinburgh Elbow Day (new for this year).
As we celebrate our 40th Anniversary, thanks to the generous ongoing support of our platinum sponsor Smith & Nephew, our registration fees are lower than ever before.

Secure your place now!

[Edinburgh Orthopaedics @EdinOrthopaedic]

❗️2 days left of Early Bird Discount❗️

Edinburgh FRCS (Tr&Oth) Revision Course 2025

🔸 12th - 15th August
🔸 University of Edinburgh (JMCC)
🔸 4 day Extensive Revision Course
🔸 Practice VIVA’s

Book now at https://t.co/a5oo8LjAVz

#EdinFRCS25 #orthotwitter

[Edinburgh Orthopaedics @EdinOrthopaedic]

🛎️Booking now open🛎️

Log onto https://t.co/a5oo8LjAVz to secure your place at the:

🔘Edinburgh FRCS (Tr&Orth) Course

🔘Edinburgh Trauma Symposium

🔘Edinburgh Arthroplasty Day

❗️Early bird discount ❗️

Accommodation available via Edinburgh University. Info on our website

[Edinburgh Orthopaedics @EdinOrthopaedic]

The Edinburgh International Trauma Symposium kicks off in just 4️⃣ weeks 🦵

🗓️ 14th-16th August
👩‍🏫 Aimed at established surgeons, covering recent developments & controversies

Book here 👇
https://t.co/f4A1JHtX6d

#orthotwitter #medtwitter

[OrthoEvidence @OrthoEvidence]

🦶Operative vs Nonoperative Management of Unstable Medial Malleolus Fractures
Published in @JAMANetworkOpen

🔍Background
Are internal fixations necessary for well-reduced medial malleolus fractures after fibular stabilization, or can non-fixation yield comparable outcomes?

This question addresses the balance between avoiding soft tissue and implant-related complications and ensuring optimal fracture healing.

🏗️Methods
Design: Superiority, pragmatic, parallel, prospective randomized clinical trial.
Setting: Academic major trauma center in the UK.
Participants: 154 adult participants (≥16 years) with closed, unstable bimalleolar or trimalleolar ankle fractures requiring surgery. Exclusion criteria included no medial-sided fracture, open fractures, neurovascular injury, and inability to comply with follow-up.
Interventions: Fixation (n=78) vs nonfixation (n=76) of the medial malleolus after fibular stabilization.
Randomization: Conducted intraoperatively, with allocation to groups via individually numbered opaque envelopes.
Primary Outcomes: Olerud-Molander Ankle Score (OMAS) at 1 year (0-100 scale).
Secondary Outcomes: Manchester-Oxford Foot Questionnaire (MOXFQ), EuroQol-5D-3L (EQ-5D), visual analog scales for pain, health, satisfaction, return time to work.

📊Results
Primary Outcome:
Median OMAS scores were not significantly different between groups, up to 1 year follow-up (p<0.05 for all).

Secondary Outcome:
No differences in pain, MOXFQ, quality of life (EQ-5D), health, satisfaction, or time to return to work or sport were observed between the two groups (p>0.05 for all).

Complications & Radiographic Outcomes:
The rate of non-union in the non-fixation group was 20% compared to 0% in the fixation group. No difference in the odds of complications (p=0.73).

✅Interpretation
Fixation of well-reduced medial malleolus fractures did not show superiority in functional outcomes compared to non-fixation after fibular stabilization.

However, a higher rate of radiographic nonunion was observed in the non-fixation group. These findings support selective non-fixation, but caution is advised for fractures that remain displaced post-stabilization.

#ResearchTopic #ClinicalTrial #Orthopedics 🦴💉

[Edinburgh Orthopaedics @EdinOrthopaedic]

Just 5️⃣weeks to go until the Edinburgh FRCS Revision Course (Tr &amp; Orth)

❓FRCS prep or rapid learn/refresher (e.g. return to programme)
🎯 aimed at those working at ST3+ level
4️⃣ days of intensive sessions covering the breadth of T+O 🦴

Book here 👇
https://t.co/tyXHOZ5Ipa

[Edinburgh Orthopaedics @EdinOrthopaedic]

Blockbuster traumaplasty session 🦵🔨💪

🎬 featuring some of our 🤩 faculty:
@jaimelbellamyDO
@lisacannada
@EdinburghKnee
@velocipod

Book here 👇
https://t.co/Isb0sIdNNs

#orthotwitter

[Edinburgh Orthopaedics @EdinOrthopaedic]

📣 Introducing the Edinburgh FRCS Revision Course (Tr and Orth), new for 2024 💪

🗓️13th-16th August
📍Edinburgh
👩‍💻intensive revision, VIVAs &amp; more

Early bird discount available until 30th April

Book here 👇
https://t.co/tyXHOZ5Ipa

#orthotwitter #FRCS

[BOTA @bota_uk]

UPDATE!!

Check out the 38th Edinburgh International Trauma Symposium &amp; NEW Edinburgh FRCS(Tr&amp;Orth) Revision Course

Discount for BOTA members

[SESO _ SE Scotland Orthopaedic Training Programme @SESOrtho]

Excellent presentation @katiephughes 🎤

[Bone & Joint Open @BoneJointOpen]

Lateral wall thickness was not associated with risk of revision surgery in patients with an intertrochanteric fracture fixed with sliding hip screw when the medial calcar was intact.

#BJO #Fracture #Surgery #OpenAccess @DuckworthOrthEd @docfarrow

https://t.co/z5LfRadedY

[MOTION Trial @MOTIONTrial]

Congratulations to Coventry and @AndyMetOrtho who opened to recruitment this week! Best of luck! 👏

@UHCW_RandD @nhsuhcw #osteoarthritis #clinicalresearch 🦴

[Dr Andrew Hall 🦴🔨 ⚽️ 🏉 🩺 @andrewhallortho]

📣Just Published!📣

An @IMPACTAudits &amp; Scottish Hip Fracture Audit study into risk of subsequent contralateral hip fracture

Well led by Robert Kay!

With: @SCOTTISH_ntc @StAndMedicine @EdinOrthopaedic @SESOrtho @P_H_S_Official

🔗 https://t.co/5XWMb59utj

#orthotwitter

[Edinburgh Orthopaedics @EdinOrthopaedic]

Congratulations @OrthoDocTC for winning 🥉podium presentation @BOFAS_UK :

Medial Malleolus: Operative or Non-operative (MOON) RCT 🌙

Presented by Nick Heinz 👏

#BOFAS2024 #orthotwitter

[Chloe EH Scott @EdinburghKnee]

@OrthoOliver rocking it at the OTA specialty day at #AAOS2024!

[Edinburgh Orthopaedics @EdinOrthopaedic]

📣Now online @JAMANetworkOpen🇺🇸

Medial Mallelous: Operative or Nonoperative (MOON) RCT🌙

Nonfixation of well-reduced medial malleolar frx after fibular stabilisation is a valid option in unstable ankle frx

Great work @EdinburghTrauma!💪

#orthotwitter

https://t.co/zTVukIqaZA

[Rosie Hackney @RosieHackney]

An all female orthopaedic team on this weekend from FY1 to consultant! 💪

@EllieOrtho @JulieAdamsOrtho thanks for a great weekend!! 🦴

#orthotwitter #womeninortho #WomenInSTEM @women_ortho @WomenSurgeonsUK @EdinOrthopaedic

[The Bone & Joint Journal @BoneJointJ]

Current evidence suggests that provided the fracture is ANATOMICALLY REDUCIBLE and the bone cement interface is well fixed, B2 fractures around cemented PTS stems can be fixed.

Further reading:

https://t.co/KhZ0ql1TNu

https://t.co/j9XqM1HbjY

https://t.co/G9DBwD8TR6

[NHS Fife @nhsfife]

We've launched an initiative making it easier for patients to access info about their cast, splint or surgical boot.

In a first for Scotland, cast tech, Stuart Main, has taken forward the project, which applies scannable QR code stickers to casts.

https://t.co/LQF1bAnzX3