Background: Up to 30% of patients suffer from long-term functional restrictions following conservative treatment of distal radius fractures. Whether duration of cast immobilisation influences ...

The study started, September 1 st, 2012. Patients with distal radius fractures will be initially managed on the emergency department. Using the criteria for displacement: distal radial fractures ...

Cutting the bent femur nail using a conventional jumbo cutter and a nail–plate construct (exchange nailing and 14-hole distal femur locking plate with bone grafting) to fix the fracture can tackle ...

A forearm fracture occurs when there is a fracture of one or both of the bones of the forearm. The two bones of the forearm are the radius and the ulna. Both bones are important for proper motion of ...

Ex vivo human bone studies have shown that the quality and integrity of the bone collagen network degrades with age, and this is associated with a reduction in the fracture resistance of cortical bone ...