Skull fractures can be warning signs of brain injury. Here’s what causes them, how they're diagnosed, and the latest treatment strategies.

HOUSTON — A month into an injured list stint for “inflammation,” a small fracture has been discovered in Yordan Alvarez’s right hand, sidelining the Houston Astros slugger for the ...

ORLANDO -- Fracture risk may be higher after bariatric surgery than after treatment with weight-loss drugs, propensity-score matched data suggested.

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.

Stress fractures are small bone cracks from overuse. Learn about the causes, who's at risk, and current methods for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.

Comminuted Fracture Among the most severe types of fractures is the comminuted fracture, in which the bone is shattered into three or more pieces.

Hemiarthroplasty is reserved for extensively comminuted 3-part fractures or for patients with poor bone stock.

The authors discuss the use of a new central tension plate as an option in the treatment of intra-articular olecranon fractures.

A comminuted fracture is when the bone breaks into several pieces A transverse fracture is when the fracture line is perpendicular to the shaft (long part) of the bone.

A 40-year-old woman who was obese with osteogenesis imperfecta was involved in a high-speed motor vehicle collision and was brought to the ED after being intubated on the scene for Glasgow Coma ...

Olecranon fractures can be simple or complex and can present different types and different anatomical lesions, the most common are epiphyseal fractures of the olecranon with a variable number of ...