Ankle fractures are among the most common fractures in adults. Some ankle fractures are "stable," so the patient can carry on ...

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University are leveraging the power of machine learning to improve X-ray-guided pelvic fracture surgery, an operation to treat an injury commonly sustained during car ...

The University of Southern California has been approved for $10.8 million in research funding by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to compare approaches to treating older adults ...

Older adults who experience delirium after hip fracture surgery face a significantly faster decline in memory and thinking ...

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 ...

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 ...

In a Journal of Bone and Mineral Research study that examined trends in the incidence of infections following hip fracture surgery in Denmark, the risk of postoperative infections (at 15, 30, 90, and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Rates of any fracture are higher for adults with hyperparathyroidism before surgery vs. healthy controls. Adults ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An elderly person who has fractured their femur - the large thigh bone that connects the leg to the hip - may want to have surgery sooner rather than later, according to a ...