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Orthopedics
Fractures and Broken Bones
If you break a bone, the treatment you receive will depend on its location and severity. Learn about surgery, what to expect from recovery and using casts and crutches.
What Is a Comminuted Fracture?
When to Use a Splint vs. Cast for Bone and Joint Injuries
What You Need to Know About Osteoporosis and Fragility Fractures
How Long Does a Broken Foot Take to Heal?
How Bone Growth Stimulators Work
The Difference Between Bruised and Broken Ribs
What to Expect If You Have a Broken Shin Bone
What to Know About Fibula Fractures
Do Bones Hurt As They Heal?
Patella Fractures Overview
Lateral Malleolus Fracture Symptoms and Treatment
Spiral Fracture Injury: What's Serious?
How a Stress Fracture in the Foot Feels
Physical Therapy After a Boxer's Fracture
Overview of Salter-Harris Fractures in Children
Types of Shoulder Fractures and Treatment
Understanding Bone Fracture X-Rays
Cast Removal: What to Expect
Benefits of Physical Therapy After Fracture Hardware Removal
Treating a Femur Fracture
Knee Dislocation Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment
Broken Forearm: Radius, Ulna, and Both Bone Fractures
Avulsion Fracture Causes and Treatments
Calcaneus Fracture Is a Broken Heel Bone
Talus Fracture of the Ankle
What Is a Pathologic Fracture?
Signs and Treatment for an Olecranon Fracture
Greenstick Fractures in Children
Joint Subluxation Injury: Symptoms and Treatment
Removing Pins and Other Surgical Implants
Resetting a Broken Bone
Is a Fracture the Same as a Break?
Acetabular Fracture Is a Broken Hip Socket
Electrical Stimulation for Faster Bone Healing
Materials Used to Make a Cast For a Broken Bone
Lisfranc Injury or a Fracture of the Foot
Smoking and Bone Health
Physical Therapy After an Elbow Fracture
Which Side Do You Use a Cane On?
Ultrasound to Accelerate Fracture Healing
Radial Head Elbow Fracture Treatment, Recovery Time, and More
Bimalleolar and Trimalleolar Ankle Fractures
Intramedullary Rods for Broken Bones
When Is It Safe to Start Running After an Ankle Fracture?
Magnets for Faster Bone Healing
Dealing With Rib Fractures
Navicular Stress Fracture of the Foot
What You Need to Know About Insufficiency Fractures
Treatment of an Open Fracture to Prevent Infection
Physical Therapy After a Lisfranc Fracture and Dislocation
Signs That There May Be a Problem With Your Cast
Gustilo-Anderson Classification for Compound Fractures
Overview of a Tibial Plateau Fracture
Kirschner or K Wires Are Surgical Bone Pins
Overview of Tibia Fractures
Femoral Neck Fracture: Treatments and Complications
The Symptoms, Treatment, and Prognosis for Broken Ribs
Types of Fractures in Broken Ankles
Closed Fracture Treatments
Rib Stress Fracture Overuse Injury
Injuries That May Result From a FOOSH
Physical Therapy After a Radial Head Fracture
Proximal, Mid-Shaft, and Distal Humerus Fractures
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