Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . PRAGUE — Amputation of a limb as a result of an open fracture should not be considered a failure by the patient ...

An important patient care skill is the ability to rapidly immobilize a suspected lower extremity fracture. Many lower extremity fractures are particularly emergent, both due to the forces involved in ...

One of the largest published studies on simultaneous hip and upper limb fragility fractures shows that upper limb fractures are more likely to occur with hip fractures than lower limb fractures.

In patients with methotrexate osteopathy (MTXO) insufficiency fractures, continuing MTX led to a significantly higher risk for subsequent fractures, with nearly all patients who continued MTX ...

Distal upper and lower limb fractures were identified using 3-digit ICD-9 codes 813.x through 817.x (distal upper limb fractures, including radius and ulna, carpal and metacarpal, and phalanges and ...

Dec. 14, 2005 (Atlanta) ― Routine use of anticoagulants to prevent blood clots is unwarranted and not cost-effective in patients with lower limb fractures, Canadian researchers reported here at the ...

Both weight gain and weight loss in older (postmenopausal) women are associated with increased incidence of fracture, but at different anatomical sites, finds a study. The findings also challenge the ...

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 waist ...

West Ham United have confirmed that forward Michail Antonio has had surgery on a “lower limb fracture” after being involved in a car accident on Saturday. Essex Police said on Saturday the force was ...

FATIGUE fracture, synonymously called march fracture, is a condition most commonly seen in recruits who are suddenly subjected to unaccustomed physical training. This entity was initially recorded by ...