Injury-related variation in patient-reported outcome after musculoskeletal trauma: a systematic review

ConclusionsBased on the included studies, we propose a framework where musculoskeletal injuries occur in one of 4 scenarios that is associated with a different context-dependent outcome: (1) polytrauma with neurotrauma, (2) polytrauma without neurotrauma, (3) high-energy monotrauma, and (4) low-energy monotrauma. Our results suggest that standardization of outcome instruments is needed to facilitate future meta-analyses that assess PROs in this population.
Source: European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery - Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: research