Wearing a cast for six weeks appears to be no less effective than surgery for healing unstable ankle fractures and carries fewer treatment related harms, finds a clinical trial from Finland published ...

A fracture of the normal humerus in a healthy young adult most commonly results from significant direct trauma. Throwing sports have become increasingly popular outside of North America and bring with ...

Patients with proximal humerus fractures demonstrated substantially higher mortality rates than their matched control individuals from the general population over a 2-year period, with the highest ...

Robertson (arm) has been a full participant at OTAs, indicating that his left humerus fracture is fully healed, Jimmy Liao of USA Today Lions Wire reports. Robertson had surgery in January to repair ...

Horse racing has seen sharp declines in most types of equine musculoskeletal fatalities, but reductions to one particular type of injury— the shoulder fracture—have been less dramatic. Speaking before ...

SEATTLE — The Seattle Mariners took a major hit to their roster Sunday after Victor Robles dislocated his left shoulder making arguably the catch of the year. The Mariners placed Robles on the 10-day ...

ABSTRACT: Background: Fractures of humeral shaft in adults are common injuries. Humeral shafts non-union either from late presentation after initial treatment by traditional bone setters or failed non ...

1 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Chonnam National University Medical School and Hospital, Gwangju, Republic of Korea 2 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Chonnam National University Hospital, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients who had nonopioid analgesia showed similar pain scores compared with those who had opioid analgesia ...

Introduction Medial epicondyle fracture of the humerus is a common injury in childhood. There is uniform agreement that minimally displaced fractures (dislocation ≤2 mm) can be treated nonoperatively ...