Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . PRAGUE — Amputation of a limb as a result of an open fracture should not be considered a failure by the patient ...

One of the largest published studies on simultaneous hip and upper limb fragility fractures shows that upper limb fractures are more likely to occur with hip fractures than lower limb fractures.

Objectives: To examine the value of operative fracture stabilization by means of the ring fixator in fractures of the lower extremity in the presence of chronic paralysis caused by transverse lesions ...

A new study shows that older women’s risk of broken bones increases with weight gain and with weight loss, findings that contradict long-held beliefs that weight gain actually offers protection ...

Distal upper and lower limb fractures were identified using 3-digit ICD-9 codes 813.x through 817.x (distal upper limb fractures, including radius and ulna, carpal and metacarpal, and phalanges and ...

Dec. 14, 2005 (Atlanta) ― Routine use of anticoagulants to prevent blood clots is unwarranted and not cost-effective in patients with lower limb fractures, Canadian researchers reported here at the ...

FATIGUE fracture, synonymously called march fracture, is a condition most commonly seen in recruits who are suddenly subjected to unaccustomed physical training. This entity was initially recorded by ...

In patients with methotrexate osteopathy (MTXO) insufficiency fractures, continuing MTX led to a significantly higher risk for subsequent fractures, with nearly all patients who continued MTX ...

Both weight gain and weight loss in older (postmenopausal) women are associated with increased incidence of fracture, but at different anatomical sites, finds a study. The findings also challenge the ...