Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 46-year-old male construction worker presented to the ER complaining of midtibia pain after being struck by a ...

The patient’s hand wound is directly over the displaced metacarpal fracture, which can be assumed to be an open fracture. Fractures of the phalanges and metacarpals are common injuries seen in the ...

Editor's Note: This article was originally published on February 20, 2001, and has been updated in order to provide the reader with additional references as well as to clarify several issues. The ...

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Compound Fracture is an injury that occurs when a fracture directly communicates with the external environment through an open wound. Compound fractures, also called open fractures, are breaks in ...

A new study compares the effectiveness of two antisepsis aqueous solutions in reducing the risk of infection in patients requiring surgery for open fractures. The research team found that contrary to ...

Any break in a bone is known as a fracture. A fracture can be closed (the bone is disrupted but the skin is intact) or open (the bone is exposed through the skin). A Galeazzi fracture involves remote ...

We use our hands for almost every type of activity. But hands are complex, and when a part of them gets damaged, it can affect the whole hand. A metacarpal fracture is a break in one of the hand bones ...

Tiger Woods escaped a Tuesday morning car accident with his life, but suffered "significant" leg injuries that required extensive surgery and a rod being inserted into his lower right leg. Woods ...

During the NCAA Midwest regional final Sunday night, many spectators watched in horror as Louisville guard Kevin Ware landed awkwardly on his lower right leg – nearly bending it in a 90-degree angle.