title: Orthopaedic injuries associated with fall from floor forty-seven.
abstract: This case report provides background reviewing mortality rates associated with falls from height before detailing the clinical history of a patient who survived a fall from a height of 43 stories. A multidisciplinary team treated both orthopaedic and nonorthopaedic injuries with the ultimate goal of preserving potential for independent function. A discussion of relevant pathoanatomy seen after falls from a height is included, and the discussion concludes with a review of damage control orthopaedics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY 10021, USA. keplerc@hss.edu
authors.forename: Christopher K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Kepler
authors.forename: Shane J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Nho
authors.forename: Anna N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Philip S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Barie
authors.forename: John P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Lyden
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D000328:Adult; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005684:Gait; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D035002:Lower Extremity / Q000293:injuries; D008297:Male; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular