Although both operative and nonoperative treatment of displaced medial humeral epicondyle fractures in adolescents helped them return to sport, provided a high degree of post-treatment satisfaction ...

A widely used fracture risk calculator may help guide surgical decisions to treat patients with an endocrine disorder called primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) that causes progressive bone loss, ...

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Currently, only 20% of patients who sustain a fragility fracture are offered screening or treatment for osteoporosis. This treatment gap represents a missed opportunity to protect patients from a ...

This multicenter, randomized controlled trial involved 436 women, aged 50-85 years, who had attended hospital for treatment of a fragility fracture of the wrist or upper arm. The intervention group ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Women who sustain any type of osteoporotic fracture have higher adjusted all-cause health care costs and ...

Fractures are the most common large-organ, traumatic injuries in humans and approximately 10% do not heal properly Fracture healing involves an anabolic phase of increasing tissue volume, which forms ...

Osteoporosis is responsible for approximately 2 million fractures annually, including hip, vertebral (spinal), wrist, and other fractures. Osteoporosis-related fractures may lead to diminished quality ...

Doctors in the United States treat more than 6.8 million fractures each year, which makes them the most common orthopedic problem. On average, a person will sustain two fractures during his or her ...

Within an integrated healthcare setting, temporal trends demonstrate reductions in mortality risk after hip fracture in older women, with mortality risk lower for Asians and Hispanics. ABSTRACT ...

Patients who suffer a first broken bone due to underlying osteoporosis are at two- to threefold risk of subsequent fractures -- which can lead to a host of serious outcomes such as pain, disability, ...