We report two cases of fracture-dislocation of the thoracolumbar spine without neurological deficit and outline the putative mechanisms responsible for the escape of neural tissues from injurious ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 39-year-old left-hand dominant man with a history of left Monteggia fracture-dislocation that was treated ...

Figure 1. Radiograph showing a lateral view of the right hand Tenderness over the hypothenar eminence, swelling and limited flexion also suggest fracture. After sustaining a fall the previous evening, ...

The patient is a 74-year-old man with a past medical history of hypertension who initially presented to an urgent care facility with left knee pain after falling directly onto his knee. At the urgent ...

THE last report on progress in management of fractures and dislocations that appeared in the Journal was written by Dr. G. W. Van Gorder in 1939. 1 He discussed the notable advances in this branch of ...

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 ...

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott was transported to a local hospital for surgery after suffering a compound fracture and dislocation of his right ankle during Sunday’s game against the New York ...

A tibial plateau fracture is a break at the top of the tibia bone in the shin, which is often due to high energy trauma. Tibial plateau fractures can cause swelling, pain, and, in severe cases, loss ...

Standard x-ray technic has aided in demonstrating the extent of bone injury and ligamentous damage in ankle fractures. Anterior-posterior views of both ankles, inverted 20° to 25°, on the same film ...