A 39-year-old left-hand dominant man with a history of left Monteggia fracture-dislocation that was treated abroad about 10 years ago presented to clinic.The patient had 1 week of severe ...

I’ve been told to get good at aligning what I want with actions. What if I don’t know what I want? I’ve been conditioned to act without personal interests. I’m starting to realize being ...

Malunion fractures are fractures that did not heal correctly, which doesn’t allow proper function or movement after the injury has healed. For example, a knee fracture that heals the wrong way will ...

Buckle fractures are incomplete fractures of bones and happen mainly in children. Learn about their causes, symptoms, and treatment options.

A supracondylar fracture is when you fracture your humerus just above your elbow joint. Learn the causes, symptoms, and treatment options for this type of fracture.

Being overweight or obese is never good for one's health, but now a new study suggests it increases a woman's risk of broken bones.

Children with distal radius fractures face some of the same complications as adults, including malunion, compartment syndrome and acute carpal tunnel syndrome, but these complications are much ...

Trimalleolar fracture is a specific injury in the ankle, where three areas known as the malleoli break simultaneously. Doctors will often treat this type of fracture with surgery. People should ...

New research being presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Maastricht, the Netherlands (4-7 May), has found that women with obesity and overweight, particularly women with high ...

It isn’t known why obesity is associated with a higher risk of fractures in women. However, most fractures are a result of a fall and falls are more common in people with obesity.

Obesity has long been thought to help protect against fractures. This is because mechanical loading on bones, which increases with body weight, helps increase bone mineral density, an important ...