Medical professionals say weather conditions like the Mid-South experienced this week often mean more emergency room visits ...

If daily activities like walking, climbing stairs or sitting for extended periods cause your hips to feel stiff or painful, ...

Risk for periprosthetic fracture after THA may be more closely correlated with femoral stem design vs. use of cement. Researchers challenged the current cement-centric stem classification approach.

Early complications of calcaneus fractures are most often due to the significant swelling that can occur with these injuries. Those patients who have surgery for a calcaneus fracture can develop ...

The swelling was bilaterally symmetrical, imparting a characteristic alteration to facial contours (Fig. 1 and 2). The swelling predominated in the region of the posterior third of the gland ...

Fractures, classified into non-fragility and fragility, including fractures of femur, pelvis, shoulder and upper arm, and forearm/wrist. Incidence of fracture, and mortality within 90 days and 1 year, ...

Our results suggest early TXA administration in the ED for extracapsular neck of femur fractures appears to be safe and may reduce the need for perioperative blood transfusions. An elderly patient ...

Purposes: The magnesium alloy bionic cannulated screw (MABCS) was designed in a previous study promoting cortical–cancellous biphasic healing of femoral neck fractures. The main purpose was to analyze ...

The ACL prevents the tibia (shin bone) from sliding in front of the femur ... due to pain, swelling, or guarding (muscles tensing to prevent the injured knee from moving). X-rays are done to evaluate ...

are widely used for the treatment of femoral neck fractures, but the postoperative complications associated with these internal fixations remain high. In response to this challenge, our team proposes ...