Bennett’s and Rolando fractures represent challenging intra‐articular injuries of the base of the first metacarpal. Bennett’s fractures typically involve an oblique fracture line that compromises the ...

People have the right to be involved in discussions and make informed decisions about their care, as described in NICE's information on making decisions about your care. Making decisions using NICE ...

University of Utah Health Orthopaedics has fellowship-trained orthopedic trauma surgeons with expertise in fracture care. We have a full-service Level 1 trauma center serving the Mountain West region.

ANY consideration of injury to the clavicle must take into account certain fundamentals. In the first place, absence of the clavicle is not incompatible with normal function of the shoulder girdle.

A vertebral compression fracture (VCF) is a break in an individual bone, or vertebra, of the spine that causes the vertebra to collapse. A lumbar VCF affects the lower spine. When a VCF occurs, the ...

Falls, vehicle accidents, and assaults are the top causes of skull fractures [1]. Nausea, seizures, and consciousness changes may indicate brain injury [2]. Pediatric skull fractures often require ...

A foot stress fracture can happen in an instant or gradually get worst with time. But it usually starts with a flinch – something that doesn’t feel right in your foot – then a sinking feeling in your ...

Far too few patients are referred for treatment that could stave off another costly, debilitating and sometimes deadly fracture. By Jane E. Brody Older adults who break a bone face a serious yet ...

Results showed collared fully hydroxyapatite-coated femoral components had lower rates of postoperative periprosthetic ...

The NICE guideline covers managing hip fracture in adults. It aims to improve care from the time people aged 18 and over are admitted to hospital through to when they return to the community. It also ...