Stress fractures are small bone cracks from overuse. Learn about the causes, who's at risk, and current methods for diagnosis ...

Methods: A total of 85 patients with tibial shaft fractures treated with IMN between January 2019 and December 2022 were retrospectively analyzed. A total of 40 and 45 patients underwent IMN using the ...

The kneecap (patella) and the smaller bone that runs ... consider going to the ER. You might have a fracture or infection. For many fractures, you need to keep the bone or joint immobile to ...

Factors such as gender, age, injury side, fracture classification, thickness of femoral lateral wall, medial support, tip-apex distance and fixation position were recorded and analyzed through ...

Reduction of the bone can be done manually. For more serious fractures, a surgical procedure called an open reduction internal fixation (ORIF) may be necessary to make sure that all the bone pieces ...

The average age was 44.3 years with a range of 20 to 66 years. Public road accidents were the main cause of tibial plateau fractures with a rate of 92.9%. These joint fractures mainly affect the left ...