But this time, after surgery, his doctor surprised us by instructing Mark to walk on it two weeks later. It turns out the ...

In that work, the scientists used special plates to fix bone fractures in place, allowing the two parts of the healing bone to be pressed against each other cyclically for a few minutes several times ...

New research could transform how broken bones are treated, with the development of a special zinc-based dissolvable material that could replace the metal plates and screws typically used to hold ...

Medically reviewed by Jennifer Steinhoff, MD Commonly referred to as the heel bone, the calcaneus is the bone in the heel of ...

Growth plate stress fractures most commonly occur in teenage climbers at the time of the pubertal growth spurt, often around the timing of breast growth for girls and pubic hair in boys. The fingers ...

A new $10.8 million multicenter clinical trial co-led by Gerard Slobogean, MD, MPH, an Associate Professor of Orthopaedics ...

Hip fractures in older adults can lead to serious complications, disability and even death. Traditionally, orthopaedic ...