Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Published results showed volar locking plate fixation may not be superior to closed reduction for subjective ...

There may be new hope for people afflicted with Tourette's syndrome, in the form of a wrist-worn device. In a test of the technology, the majority of participants experienced a reduction in tic ...

CHICAGO — Achieving an anatomic reduction for distal radius fractures in elderly patients may not always be necessary for good functional outcomes, according to investigators. “Plate and screw ...

In a multicenter, randomized trial in the United Kingdom, fixing wrist fracture with Kirschner wires (K-wires) did not improve patient outcomes at 1 year when compared with well-molded casting without ...

Do you really need an operation? “…she took the kids ice skating… fell pretty hard. They told her it’s a bad break. Would you mind taking a look at the x-rays? I’m attaching them. It’s the right wrist ...

SAN DIEGO — The investigational parathyroid-hormone–related protein (PTHrP) analog abaloparatide (Radius Health) significantly reduced fractures in high-risk postmenopausal women with osteoporosis, a ...

Wrist flexion is the action of bending your hand down at the wrist, so that your palm faces in toward your arm. It’s part of the normal range of motion of your wrist. When your wrist flexion is normal ...

Distal radius fractures are among the most common fractures seen in the emergency department. 1 Acute carpal tunnel syndrome (ACTS) has been found to occur in more than 5% of displaced distal radius ...