Wearing a cast for six weeks appears to be no less effective than surgery for healing unstable ankle fractures and carries ...

If elderly hip fracture patients fail to undergo surgery in a timely manner, the mortality rate within one year can reach 30 percent.

Researchers in Liverpool and Oxford have found that surgery for a common elbow fracture in children offers no clinical ...

Patients with severe obesity who undergo bariatric surgery are at increased risk of fractures, according to a new study published in the British Medical Journal. The findings seem to contradict the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Increased time from the ED to the OR was associated with an increased mortality rate. Increased delays to the OR ...

Cataracts increased the risk of fracture by as much as 51%, which could be substantially reduced by cataract surgery, a systematic review and meta-analysis suggested. Cataract significantly increased ...

People living with dementia who had hip fractures treated with surgery lived longer than those who didn’t have surgery, a new study finds. Choosing to undergo surgery can be a complicated decision for ...

A wrist fracture may need surgery to align the bones and stabilize them with a metal plate and screws. Rehab after surgery is important. CHARLES TRAINOR JR Miami Herald file Q. I was rollerblading ...

VANCOUVER, Canada — Patients who undergo either Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) or sleeve gastrectomy are at an increased risk of fracture, compared with patients with obesity who do not undergo ...