Researchers in Liverpool and Oxford have found that surgery for a common elbow fracture in children offers no clinical benefit compared to non-surgical care. The findings could have significant ...

A study led by University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust has found that plaster casts are just as effective at healing scaphoid waist fractures in the wrist as surgery. The SWIFFT trial, funded by ...

A boxer’s fracture is when you break a bone at the base of your finger, near the knuckle or neck of the bone. That bone is known as a metacarpal. A boxer’s fracture may also be called fifth metacarpal ...

In researching mortality with hip fracture surgery and hip replacement surgery, the researchers studied almost 700,000 hip surgery patients more than 45 years old in France between 2010 and 2013. They ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . TAMPA, Fla. — Results showed patients who undergo operative fixation of transverse or Z-type midshaft clavicle ...

A supracondylar fracture is an injury to the humerus, or upper arm bone, at its narrowest point, just above the elbow. Supracondylar fractures are most common in children under 7 years old, but they ...

Despite critical head injuries, blurry vision and blood loss, Machchhar bravely fought back and managed to unlock the cockpit ...

Crabtree is hardly the first player forced to battle through a slight stress fracture. Cowboys wide receiver Terrell Owens ...

Le Guen (fibula) has undergone surgery after suffering a fracture in training and faces an extended recovery period, according to coach Julien Lachuer, per Le Telegramme. "It's a fracture, and he's ...