Your radius is one of the two bones in your forearm, along with the ulna. It’s the bone that attaches closest to your thumb. A radius fracture, sometimes called a radial fracture, is a break of this ...

What is Distal Radius Fracture? The larger of the two bones of the forearm is known as radius. The end of the arm towards the wrist is called the distal end. When the area of the radius near the wrist ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Statistics show approximately 38,000 cases of periprosthetic distal femur fractures were treated in 2005, ...

Distal radius fractures is the most common fracture in childhood. [1] Most of these fractures are treated conservatively in a plaster and complications are rare. Although these fractures generally are ...

Background: Up to 30% of patients suffer from long-term functional restrictions following conservative treatment of distal radius fractures. Whether duration of cast immobilisation influences ...

A 42-year-old woman was involved in a motorcycle crash and sustained a type II open, right distal-third tibia and fibula fractures (Figure 1). The patient was appropriately resuscitated, given IV ...

1 Department of Surgery, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA 2 Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA Correspondence to: Professor ...

Q: I was diagnosed with a fracture of the tip of the distal fibula with no displacement on Oct. 17, 2005. The original pain and swelling had decreased within a month but further X-rays in January and ...

Evidence from randomized controlled trials shows that children with this type of injury who are given a removable splint have better physical function, less difficulty with daily activities and a ...