After emerging on the scene in the early 2000s, fracture liaison services (FLS) have solidified their place for preventing ...

Abstract: This study reports the first use of ultrasound (US) elastography for imaging spinal fractures by assessing the mechanical response of the soft tissue at the posterior vertebra boundary to a ...

One of three people charged after and 11-month-old was found with multiple injuries and drugs in his system has pleaded ...

The case is here reported of an apophyseal avulsion fracture of the anterior superior iliac spine in an adolescent caused by playing football before the end of treatment for apophysitis. An open ...

This content was created by our physicians and experts. This video provides an inside look into the result of a traumatic fracture injury of the spine, which can lead to compression of one or more ...

Are you increasingly concerned about your bone health? You should be. It is estimated that more than10 million Americans currently suffer from osteoporosis, a debilitating condition that commonly resu ...

Osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs) are prevalent in the elderly population, typically assessed on computed tomography (CT) scans by evaluating vertebral height loss. This assessment ...

What is an acute spinal cord injury? Your spine is made of many bones called vertebrae. Your spinal cord runs downward through a canal in the center of these bones. The spinal cord is a bundle of ...

Read at the Annual Meeting of the New England Surgical Society, September 30, 1933, at Boston. Bowler, John P. — Surgeon, Hitchcock Hospital, Hanover, New Hampshire ...