A 34-year-old male fell while snowboarding onto his outstretched right upper extremity and radiographs revealed a right-sided scaphoid fracture. He was referred to the care of Andrew J. Weiland, MD at ...

50 of the 66 non-union patients underwent surgery; the fractures of 84 % of them were healed. The final outcome was healing of 360 of 385 patients (93 %). 25 patients (7 %) developed persistent ...

A 39-year-old male fell while rollerblading onto his outstretched left upper extremity and radiographs revealed a left-sided scaphoid fracture. He was referred to the care of Dr. Andrew J. Weiland at ...

Ole Reigstad (born 1969) PhD, specialist in orthopaedic surgery and senior consultant with Norwegian diploma in hand surgery. The author has completed the ICMJE form and reports no conflicts of ...

Correspondence to: Ashwath M. Acharya; Division of Hand and Microsurgery, Department of Orthopaedics, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal 576104, India. Tel: ...

Background A clinically suspected scaphoid fracture with normal initial plain x-rays is a difficult but common problem. The role of MRI as a diagnostic modality in this situation was analysed based on ...

Objectives To aid in selecting the optimal artificial intelligence (AI) solution for clinical application, we directly compared performances of selected representative custom-trained or commercial ...

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 ...

You may get an air cast or one made of plaster or fiberglass. Have surgery. If your fibular fracture involves your knee and the tibia, you'll likely need to see an orthopedic surgeon.

The Houston Astros' slugger felt pain in his right hand on Friday while hitting and a small fracture that was previously believed to be a muscle strain was discovered. The fracture is about 60% ...