Whether you are a competitive athlete or an older adult, strong bones are essential—not only for movement, but also for ...

A rare case of fracture of the coronoid and the pterygoid process caused by firearms is described. A 28-year-old male was hit by a bullet in the face, resulting in restricted mouth opening, difficulty ...

A comminuted fracture is when a bone breaks into three or more pieces. These typically require surgery and take longer to heal than other fractures. A comminuted fracture happens when you break a ...

The knee is the largest joint in the body and one of the most complex. A fractured knee can cause pain, swelling, and reduced range of motion. Treatment for this fracture may involve surgery or ...

Given the patient's satisfactory clinical results, this reconstruction technique is safe and effective for the treatment of chronic elbow instability due to coronoid process defects of the ulna. A ...

Figure 1. Regan-Morrey classification. Type 1, avulsion of the coronoid process tip; type 2, fractures involving less than 50% of the coronoid process; type 3, fractures involving more than 50% of the ...

In 2014, a black female patient was the victim of an automobile accident and had a fracture of the left coronoid process. She had not been submitted to fracture reduction at the time. The following ...

The flexor carpi ulnaris (FCU)-split approach and the over-the-top approach have been used frequently for the fixation of anteromedial facet (AMF) fractures of the coronoid process. Clinical studies ...

In Brad Anderson's thriller 'Fractured,' Sam Worthington plays a man desperately searching for his wife and young daughter who went missing in a hospital. By Frank Scheck If you’ve ever ...

The news an elderly relative has broken a hip tends to sound alarm bells, perhaps more than breaking another bone would. That’s because a hip fracture dramatically increases an older person’s ...