A fracture, in medical terms, refers to a break in a bone. These breaks can range from a hairline crack to a complete shattering of the bone. Fractures are a common injury resulting from various ...

Participants were children aged 4–16 years with a clinically non-angulated, suspected distal forearm fracture. Diagnosis from 6-view NP-administered POCUS of the distal radius and ulna was compared ...

Even lower-risk situations can result in spine fractures, so it’s important to keep your bearings. For example, stay alert about traffic, cyclists, and pedestrians while driving.

Background Metacarpal fractures of the thumb are uncommon paediatric injuries, accounting for 1%–5% of hand fractures (1 – 3). Thumb metacarpal base fractures in children can be divided into four ...

An angulated fracture occurs when a bone breaks, comes out of alignment, and tilts at an angle. It may be visually obvious or not, depending on the angle of the tilt.

Treatment depends on the type of fracture and the individual bone or bones in the finger that are injured. The emergency doctor or an orthopedic surgeon will assess the stability of the broken finger.

Patients who are currently working, have diabetes mellitus, or have fractures with an initial fracture gap of ≥4 mm or an initial fracture angulation of > 10° may be more likely to fail nonsurgical ...

Nurse practitioner administered point-of-care ultrasound compared with x-ray for children with clinically non-angulated distal forearm fractures in the ED: a diagnostic study.

Conclusions Tilting the implant up to 15° improves the fracture resistance of one-piece screw-retained hybrid monolithic zirconia restorations; however, increasing the tilt to 25° would not yield ...

Boxer's fractures of the fourth and fifth metacarpal bones only need surgery if there’s a large degree of angulation and the bones cannot be moved into the correct place by pulling and pushing ...

Introduction The humeral supracondylar fracture is the most common elbow fracture in children (1), accounting for 55–75% of elbow fractures in children (2). At present, a normalized treatment ...