A femoral shaft fracture (broken thigh bone) is often treated with intramedullary nailing. Usually, the rod is made of titanium and they come in different lengths and diameters to fit patients of ...

In many of these cases, a cast is used for treatment. In other situations, the fracture alignment or stability may be such that surgery will help to ensure more proper healing of the bone. Surgical ...

Stryker has agreed to acquire medical technology maker Inari Medical in a deal worth $4.9 billion, the companies said Monday. The medical device maker plans to buy all of Inari's common stock for ...

Stryker has agreed to acquire medical technology maker Inari Medical, the company said Monday. The medical technology provider plans to buy all of Inari's common shares for $80 a share ...

Using the American College of Surgeons National Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) database, George Washington University researchers studied 14,415 trauma patients to determine whether there were ...

Sponseller, M.D., professor of urology and orthopedic surgery at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and chief of the division of pediatric orthopedics at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center in ...

such as the "dreaded black line" stress fracture of the tibia/shin and the Jones fracture of the fifth metatarsal, heal poorly and often are treated with surgery. As with most injuries ...