A closed reduction is a method healthcare professionals use to set a broken bone without making an incision. This is a less invasive alternative to surgery that can reduce recovery time. Other ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Published results showed volar locking plate fixation may not be superior to closed reduction for subjective ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CHICAGO — Results from a randomized trial comparing open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) against closed ...

Do you really need an operation? “…she took the kids ice skating… fell pretty hard. They told her it’s a bad break. Would you mind taking a look at the x-rays? I’m attaching them. It’s the right wrist ...

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 ...

For older patients with distal radius wrist fractures, there are no significant differences in outcomes after 2 years when treated with nonsurgical casting compared with the three other most common ...

In a multicenter, randomized trial in the United Kingdom, fixing wrist fracture with Kirschner wires (K-wires) did not improve patient outcomes at 1 year when compared with well-molded casting without ...

What is a Colles’ Fracture? A Colles' fracture -- or distal radius fracture -- is often called a ''broken wrist.'' In France it’s sometimes called a “Pouteau-Colles” fracture. Technically, it's a ...

A triquetral fracture is a break in the three-sided bone in your outer wrist. It’s the most commonly injured bone in the wrist. Triquetral fractures often occur when you use your hand to catch ...

A 58-year-old, right-hand dominant woman fell in the shower and injured her left wrist. She was seen 3 days later at an outside emergency department (ED) where radiographs were obtained. Her wrist was ...