This method is free from possible ulnar nerve injury, but may not provide adequate fixation for comminuted or unstable fractures. Reduction should be checked by the methods previously described.

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A tear in your triceps muscle from weightlifing may require surgery, a brace and physical therapy to fully recover.

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How Do Comminuted Fractures Happen? It takes a lot of force for someone to get a comminuted fracture. A car accident or serious fall, for instance, can cause this type of fracture.

ORIF surgery is performed to repair broken bones. Learn more about when you might need it, what to expect, and more.

Skeletal Traction FAQs How effective is skeletal traction for fractures? Skeletal traction is an effective, temporary measure to help stabilize and realign a fracture until you can have surgery.

Treatment for forearm fractures is almost always operative, but nonoperative management can be used in specific cases — usually for an isolated ulna fracture. What is a forearm fracture? The forearm ...

Fracture repair is the complex physiological process by which bone tissue heals following fracture, involving characteristic phases of inflammation, bony callus formation and bone remodelling.

The authors present a case of fracture through a large enthesophyte at the inferior patellar pole that occurred during eccentric loading of the knee and use this to highlight differences in the ...

Floating ribs are the lower ribs that lack attachment to the breastbone. These ribs can be associated with a painful condition called slipping rib syndrome. Learn more.