One in eight hip fractures in women is attributable to long-term cigarette use. Fracture healing is delayed in smokers, and malunion and nonunion occur more frequently.

Chris Taylor has a fracture in his left hand, the Angels announced, and will go on the 10-day injured list ahead of Tuesday's game against the Athletics.

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.

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

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 ...

Malunion of the distal radius is a common complication following a distal radius fracture. The surgical treatment of a symptomatic distal radius malunion is a corrective osteotomy (CO) procedure aimed ...

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 ...

The complications started with a malunion of fracture (A malunion fracture occurs when a large space between the displaced ends of the bone have been filled in by new bone) that he suffered three ...

Distal femoral fractures are a significant injury sustained by low- and high-energy trauma. Common treatment practices are lateral locking plate or intramedullary nail fixation, with disadvantages ...