What Is an Avulsion Fracture? An avulsion fracture happens when a ligament or tendon pulls away a small piece of a bone. This usually results from an accident or traumatic injury. Avulsion fractures ...

A pubic ramus fracture describes a type of crack or break in a person’s pelvis. Pubic ramus fractures are not typically life threatening and typically heal well. However, this kind of fracture can be ...

A comminuted fracture is when a bone breaks into three or more pieces. These typically require surgery and take longer to heal than other fractures. A comminuted fracture happens when you break a bone ...

A Chance fracture is a type of spinal injury. Chance fractures are also known as seat belt fractures. This is because they’re commonly caused by lap belt-style seat belts during car accidents. Since ...

A foot stress fracture can happen in an instant or gradually get worst with time. But it usually starts with a flinch – something that doesn’t feel right in your foot – then a sinking feeling in your ...

A blowout fracture is a break in one of the bones surrounding the eye area. The orbit is the concave compartment that protects the eye and holds it in place. If a person takes a blow to the eye area, ...

The fibula is the longest, thinnest calf bone in your lower leg. Of your two lower leg bones, your fibula is closest to the outside of your body. When you break this bone, it's called a fibular ...

Far too few patients are referred for treatment that could stave off another costly, debilitating and sometimes deadly fracture. By Jane E. Brody Older adults who break a bone face a serious yet ...

Sharon Brennan-Olsen is funded by a Career Development Fellowship from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia. She is the Treasurer of the Australian and New Zealand Society for ...

Suspected skull fractures in the neonate are uncommon and present a management dilemma. We hypothesized that skull fractures are more common than reported in the literature and that few infants ...