Physeal stress injuries can occur at the proximal humerus, distal radius, distal femur and the proximal tibia. Although most of the physeal stress injuries resolve with rest, some may result in growth ...

Lions' Amik Robertson: Humerus fracture healedRobertson (arm) has been a full participant at OTAs, indicating that his left humerus fracture is fully healed, Jimmy Liao of USA Today Lions Wire ...

There are several operative approaches to repairing supracondylar humerus fractures, each with its own advocates. For fractures with vascular compromise or a median nerve deficit, an anterior or ...

The unique anatomy of the distal humerus predisposes it to coronal shear injuries of its articular appendages. These injuries often require an open reduction and internal fixation of articular ...

Fracture humerus may be associated with nerve injuries. However, among them median nerve is uncommonly involved and clinical affection of the anterior branch of median nerve is rare which can be ...

Treatment for forearm fractures is almost always operative, but nonoperative management can be used in specific cases — usually for an isolated ulna fracture. What is a forearm fracture? The forearm ...

Methods: In this study, 168 patients with high-energy intra-articular distal radius fractures with either volar fragments, dorsal fragments, or radial styloid fragments, who were treated with one of ...

Inclusion criteria for group 1 were skeletal inmaturity defined by an open femoral physis and less than stage 4 of Risser’s iliac apophysis ossification. 7 The mean age in group 1 was 15.4 years (SD 0 ...

A study of patients with type I open distal radius fractures (DRFs) found no superficial or deep infections or other wound-related complications. The study also found no differences in early ...

Background: Pediatric supracondylar humerus fracture (PSHF) is one of the most common fractures of the elbow seen among boys aged between 5 and 7 years. The timing of surgical treatment for this type ...