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29 ORTHOPEDIC SECTION T he Oak Brook (Ill.) Village Board has ap- proved the construction of an outpatient facility, which is a joint venture between Rush University Medical Center and Midwest Or- thopaedics at Rush, both in Chicago, according to a Chicago Tribune report. Here are three things to know: 1. e 103,000-square-foot building includes an ambulatory surgery center and medical of- fice space. Rush Oak Brook Orthopaedic Center originally took the project to the Village Board in August 2015 for review. 2. It will focus on offering orthopedic care, ath- letic performance improvement programs, as well as rehabilitation and recovery services. 3. e board unanimously approved the con- struction and development. e project doesn't provide sales tax revenue for the village but would be a "feather in Oak Brook's cap" for the new medical center. 4. e new center is slated to open in mid-2018. 5. e physicians of Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush features the team physciains for the Chi- cago Bulls, Chicago White Sox and Chicago Fire professional soccer team. e U.S. News & World Report named Rush University Medical Center number 6 in the United States, and top-ranked in Illinois, in 2015 n Rush University Medical Center, Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush Joint Venture Receives Green Light: 5 Key Notes By Anuja Vaidya and Laura Dyrda Soap or Saline Solution? Which is the Better Procedure for Open Bone Fractures? By Allison Sobczak K yle Jeray, MD, an orthopedic trauma surgeon at Green- ville Health System in Greenville, S.C., and his col- leagues performed a study published in the New Eng- land Journal of Medicine to figure out the best way to treat open bone fractures. The procedure, known as irrigation and debridement, can be done using either soap or saline solution. Infection occurs in 15 percent to 25 percent of patients with open fractures, compared to 1 percent or less of patients whose skin hasn't been broken. Surgeons use a pulse lavage system that shoots water into the wound at a variety of pressures with either soap or saline solution. Here are three findings: 1. Researchers found that after studying 2,500 patients, the patients who used saline solution had better outcomes than those who used soap. 2. According to Dr. Jeray, soap is probably caustic to the tissues, muscle and bone, and can end up doing more harm than good, so normal saline is most effective. 3. The re-operation rate for infection problems was 14.8 per- cent with soap compared to 11.6 percent with saline. n Texas Children's Hospital Names Dr. John Dormans L.E. Simmons Chair in Orthopedics By Megan Wood H ouston-based Texas Children's Hospital honored John Dormans, MD, as the recipient of the L.E. Simmons Chair in Orthopedics. Dr. Dormans serves as the chief of or- thopedics at Texas Children's and an orthopedic surgery profes- sor at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. The L.E. Simmons Chair in Orthopedics supports orthopedic research, education, clinic program development and advocacy at the hospital. Specializing in treating complex spinal disorders and orthope- dic oncology, Dr. Dormans is the president of World Ortho- pedic Concern. He previously served as the president of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America and the Inter- national Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology. Dr. Dormans has published more than 340 articles, more than 140 chapters and five books. "I'm extremely honored to be awarded this distinction," said Dr. Dormans. "My vision is for Texas Children's and Baylor to be the best place in the world for families to receive pediatric orthopedic care." After obtaining his medical degree from Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, Dr. Dormans completed an orthopedic surgery residency at Michigan State University in East Lansing. He completed a pediatric orthopedic fellow- ship at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario. n