Nearly half of the oldest adults died within one year of sustaining a hip fracture. A new doctoral thesis from Umeå ...

A GBD 2023 modelling study projects that hip fracture incidence in Chinese adults aged 60 and older, which more than ...

Moderate or severe silent vertebral fractures are found in 14.6% of asymptomatic adults aged 40-79 years, with a higher ...

A calvarial fracture means that a break in the skull has occurred. Your doctor can use imagery like CT and MRI scans, along with neurological testing, to determine how extensive the injury is. Share ...

Our bones help support us throughout our lives, but as we age, they can gradually become thinner and weaker. The challenge is that this process often happens without any noticeable ...

A classification system specific to fracture-related infections captured more cases of infection than the CDC surgical site ...

People can make a full recovery from pelvic fractures. However, possible complications can affect a person’s quality of life after a pelvic fracture. These can include impaired mobility, ongoing pain, ...

In a continuing series, The Athletic breaks down some of the most common football injuries (no pun intended), giving you the lowdown on what exactly it is and what happens after a player picks it up… ...

Open book pelvic fractures are a type of traumatic break that can occur in the pelvic ring. They are rare but may be life threatening due to bleeding and other injuries that may be present in the area ...

A posterior malleolus fracture is a break on the lower back side of the shin bone. Ankle surgery is often required to fix a posterior malleolus fracture, and recovery may take months. There were ...