A comminuted fracture occurs when your bone breaks into more than three pieces. Learn what cause this, how to treat it, and how long recovery takes.

There are a few different types of broken bones, or fractures. One kind is a comminuted fracture. This injury happens when your bone breaks into three or more pieces. Find out how doctors diagnose ...

A comminuted fracture is when the bone breaks into several pieces A transverse fracture is when the fracture line is perpendicular to the shaft (long part) of the bone.

A 40-year-old woman who was obese with osteogenesis imperfecta was involved in a high-speed motor vehicle collision and was brought to the ED after being intubated on the scene for Glasgow Coma ...

Tiger Woods suffered comminuted open fractures in his lower right leg. We explain what that injury is and what's required to care for it.

BALTIMORE — A retrospective review of 5-year results following nonoperative treatment for isolated scapular body fractures has found that surgery for these injuries may be unwarranted. Andrew N ...

What are comminuted open fractures? Woods’ fractures affected his right tibia and fibula, which are the two long bones directly under the knee.

I love dogs. Recently I was strolling through Wagner Park when suddenly two dogs running full bore collided with me, toppling me to the ground resulting in a complex comminuted scapular fracture, etc.

Severely comminuted distal femur fractures require anatomic internal fixation for best results, but obtaining rigid fixation of the multiple fragments may be challenging or impossible using ...

Tiger Woods suffered comminuted open fractures in his lower right leg. We explain what that injury is and what's required to care for it.

In Severely Comminuted Intercondylar-Supracondylar Distal Femur Fractures, Use the Device That Fits Steven I. Rabin, MD, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Ill Disclosures ...