On June 19, Johnson & Johnson (J&J) MedTech introduced two new plating systems for distal radius (wrist) and proximal humerus (upper arm near the shoulder) fractures for its Variable Angle ...

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) is one of the best Fortune 500 stocks to buy according to billionaires. On June 19, Johnson & ...

Fractures of the distal radius (near the wrist) and proximal humerus (upper arm near the shoulder) are among the most frequent osteoporotic injuries 2,3, especially in adults over age 65. 9 Wrist ...

Background and objectives In July 2013, the Paediatric Emergency Department (ED) of a UK District General Hospital ED seeing approximately 30000 children aged under 16 years of age per year in the ED, ...

By this time, my wrist was swollen and throbbing and the doctor at the hospital explained it was a multi-fragmentary radius fracture - a complex break, as my wrist was shattered into four pieces.

After examining the cost of fixing various fractures and casts for broken bones, they wrote: “The potential annual cost of managing dog walking-related distal radius fractures in the NHS in ...

At most institutions, oblique radiographs are included as part of the standard wrist and hand exam to increase sensitivity to carpal, metacarpal, and phalangeal fractures, respectively (Fig. 2).

Fractures of the forearm can occur at different levels: near the wrist at the farthest (distal) end of the bone, in the middle of the forearm or near the elbow at the top (proximal) end of the bone.

Distal radius fractures are the most frequently occurring type of fracture in Norway, accounting for about 20 % of all fractures. Incidence rates indicate more than 15 000 of these fractures each year ...

The launch includes VOLT distal radius (wrist) and VOLT proximal humerus 3.5 plating systems. According to a news release, the systems aim to address a critical gap in treating two common fractures.