Research and Innovation

The best healthcare requires the latest technology. The Geriatric Fracture Center is committed to keeping pace with medical advances and caring for patients using the latest innovations and technologies. New technologies help us improve outcomes, increase safety, and enhance the quality of care for our patients.

Read More About New Technology

• Locking Plate Technology
• Dynamic Helical Hip System (DHHS)

Watch Videos That Illustrate New Technology

• Proximal Tibia Plate
• Titanium Trochanteric Fixation Nail (TFN)
• Dynamic Helical Hip Screw (DHHS)
• Peri-prosthetic Fractures Involving a Total Knee Arthroplasty
• Distal Radius Plate
• Proximal Humerus Plate
• Titanium Spiral Blade Humeral Nail

Research

By the year 2020 about 20% of the population, or an estimated 60 million people, will be aged 65 years or over. Approximately 80% of those older persons will have musculoskeletal complaints. Research on how to better treat fractures in older adults is urgently needed.

Spreading Our Knowledge

Doctors from our team are developing a national teaching program to share their knowledge and methodology in treating geriatric fracture patients with doctors from other hospitals throughout the country. This, combined with a unique database being created by our doctors to document treatment and outcomes of fracture cases, will help to raise the standard of care for older fracture patients everywhere.