You get vertebral wedging when the front of a vertebra collapses. People with osteoporosis typically have this fracture. From 1 to 1.5 million spinal compression fractures occur annually in the U.S.

A 13-year-old girl fell while skiing and was taken to a local hospital. Radiographs were obtained and revealed a right-sided Anterior Column with Posterior Hemi Transverse acetabular fracture. She was ...

HSS is the #1 orthopedic hospital in the world and a national leader in rheumatology. This content was created by our physicians and experts. A "fracture" is the technical term for a "broken bone," ...

Without adequate preventive methods, an avulsion fracture may result. The case is here reported of an apophyseal avulsion fracture of the anterior superior iliac spine in an adolescent caused by ...

Radiographs of the cervical spine were normal. Lumbar spine films demonstrated a stable anterior wedge compression fracture of T12. Chest radiograph showed an elevated right hemi-diaphragm (fig 1).

Pelvic fracture symptoms depend on the severity of the break but can include groin pain and trouble walking. Severe breaks can involve loss of consciousness and internal bleeding. Most pelvic ...

When you break this bone, it's called a fibular fracture. The X-ray shows a fibular fracture. Your fibula is parallel to your tibia, the other lower leg bone. (Photo credit: Dreamstime ...

DUBLIN, Ohio. — Some club launches are louder than others. You can count TaylorMade’s new wedge among the “others”. At the Memorial Tournament this week, TaylorMade is quietly bringing out ...

A Salter-Harris fracture is a fracture in the growth plate of a child’s bone. A growth plate is a layer of growing tissue close to the ends of a child’s bone. Growth plates are fragile ...