Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Every 6-hour delay in debridement increased the probability of infection in patients with open femoral and ...

The treatment goal of any open fracture is to make sure that the wound is cleaned early, the fracture is stabilized, and all measures are taken to prevent a deep infection postoperatively.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . PHOENIX — Use of a solid, stainless steel intramedullary nail allowed surgeons in developing countries who have ...

Osteoporosis: A disease in which bones become thin, weak and are easily fractured. Stress Fracture: Fracture occurring in bone subject to repeated stress. Compression Fracture: Fracture caused by ...

A 19-year-old man was struck by a car while riding his motorcycle, and thrown 5 feet. When paramedics arrived on the scene within 10 minutes of the accident, the patient was alert and oriented to time ...

AMERICAN orthopedic surgeons have been skeptical about the use of medullary nailing of long-bone fractures. This, I think, is fortunate, as the slow acceptance of this technic has allowed us to avoid ...