Would you know if you had a pelvic fracture? Commonly confused with a hip injury, a broken pelvis is seen in two primary populations: patients with life-threatening injuries and older patients who ...

More than 25 million Americans have osteoporosis. It's a condition that makes bones weak and puts patients at risk for dangerous and painful fractures. Now doctors are using cement to heal broken ...

PHOENIX — Poor function and a near 50% rate of dyspareunia was seen in women with previous pelvic ring fractures and a statistically significant increase in the number of Caesarean births in women who ...

BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CurvaFix, Inc., a developer of medical devices to repair fractures in curved bones, announced today that it will showcase the new CurvaFix® IM Implant at the American ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Compared with patients with isolated acetabular fractures, patients with pelvic ring fractures – specifically ...

Pelvic fractures represent a spectrum of injury severity ranging from stable, low-energy breaks to complex, unstable ring disruptions frequently accompanied by multi-system trauma. Early recognition ...

Adults older than 60 years face an increased risk of dying in the first 8 months following a pelvic fracture, new research indicates. In the first 4 weeks after fracture, individuals age 60 years and ...

March 23, 2010 — Standard X-rays are not a reliable indicator of hip and pelvic fractures, according to an article published in the April issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology. "Hip fractures ...

Pelvic fracture urethral injuries (PFUIs) often result from high-velocity injuries that are associated with disruption of the pelvic ring. 1 Urethral injuries associated with PFUIs were initially ...

FATIGUE fracture, synonymously called march fracture, is a condition most commonly seen in recruits who are suddenly subjected to unaccustomed physical training. This entity was initially recorded by ...

L'ILE-ROUSSE, France (AFP) – Britain's Team Sky rider Geraint Thomas started the third stage of the Tour de France on Monday despite suffering from a fractured pelvis. The 27-year-old Welshman ...