Results showed operative fixation of isolated, closed humeral shaft fractures may lead to improved upper limb function, ...

Opens in a new tab or window SAN DIEGO -- For patients with traumatic bone fractures, there was no ... obesity (n=4,234), previous VTE (n=89), isolated upper extremity fracture (n=800), isolated ...

Plain radiographs may show a PCL avulsion fracture. MRI has proved to be sensitive and specific for diagnosis of acute PCL injury and it can detect meniscal and chondral damage. Reconstruction is ...

The researchers found that surgery provided early functional advantages over bracing for patients with humeral shaft ...

This rate (4%) is lower than that reported by Ganong, 6 who found that 19% of patients in his study of young otherwise healthy skiers with isolated tibial shaft fractures developed fat embolism ...