FRAX is a tool developed by the World Health Organization in 2008 to assess fracture risk. FRAX integrates clinical risk factors and bone mineral density (BMD) at the femoral neck to calculate a ...

Many people are enticed by the idea of making more sustainable jewellery choices, but when style is the focus, ethical ideals can sometimes take a back seat. However, when an eco-conscious brand ...

No other types of intramedullary nails were included. In the biomechanical study by Wang C et al., they introduced a new implant and compared it with proximal femoral nail antirotation (PFNA) and ...

Rabin SI. In Severely Comminuted Intercondylar-Supracondylar Distal Femur Fractures, Use the Device That Fits. MedGenMed 1(3), 1999 [formerly published in Medscape Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine ...

On Friday, the NFL fined Baltimore Ravens linebacker Roquan Smith $16,833 for what it deemed a “hip-drop tackle” on Godwin. Per the NFL, a hip-drop tackle occurs when a defender “wraps up a ...

According to a league source, imaging done after the game showed a fracture in his left hand that will keep the Pelicans’ starting point guard and biggest offseason acquisition out for the ...

Wiss and associates [21] reported on a series of 33 femoral neck and shaft fractures that were stabilized with either a cephalomedullary nail (n=14) or a reversed first-generation intramedullary ...

Justin Haller, MD specializes in pelvic and acetabular trauma, non-union and mal-union surgery, peri-articular fractures, post-traumatic reconstruction, limb length and rotational deformity, ...

Fracture healing is a complex process which sometimes results in non-unions, leading to prolonged disability and high morbidity. Traditional methods of optimising fracture treatments, such as in vitro ...

The author of over one hundred peer-reviewed publications and multiple book chapters, Dr. Higgins’ main area of research interest clinically has been on plateau fractures. He has been primary ...