ALLMedicine™ Forearm Fractures Center

Sep 8th, 2021 - Forearm fractures are the most common fractures among children and young people aged up to 19 years and these patients frequently present to the emergency department (ED). Many of these fractures can be treated in the ED without the need for inpat...

Aug 15th, 2021 - With increasing age of the population, countries across the globe are facing a substantial increase in osteoporotic fractures. Genetic association signals for fractures have been reported at the RSPO3 locus, but the causal gene and the underlying ...

Aug 15th, 2021 - Forearm fractures are frequent in children. It is important to identify predisposing factors for increased fracture risk. This retrospective analysis aimed to investigate the correlation between forearm fractures in children and co-factors such as...

Aug 7th, 2021 - New surgical techniques have challenged traditional guidelines for nonsurgical treatment in pediatric and adolescent distal forearm fractures. This study was performed to compare outcomes and costs between closed reduction with percutaneous pinnin...

Aug 2nd, 2021 - Osteoporotic fractures impose significant costs on society. The objective of this study was to estimate the direct costs of the hip, vertebral, and forearm fractures in the first year after fracture incidence in Iran. We surveyed a sample of 300 p...

Jul 1st, 2020 - Overriding pediatric distal radius fractures have been managed with anatomical reduction performed under anesthesia with or without percutaneous pinning. This research protocol was developed due to good results reported on leaving the fractures in...

Aug 27th, 2012 - Action Points Forearm fractures may signal poor bone health in African-American children. Note that the study also showed a dose-dependent relationship between forearm fracture risk and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels. Forearm fractures may signa...

Aug 27th, 2012 - August 27, 2012 — Low vitamin D levels and bone mineral density may be risk factors for forearm fracture, according to results of a case-control study of 150 African American children, published online August 27 and in the September issue of Pedia...

Jan 12th, 2011 - DENVER – An underappreciated consequence of the childhood obesity epidemic is an increase in pediatric forearm fractures resulting from a fall from standing height. Photo credit: Flickr user Alex1961 (Creative Commons) Children with a forearm frac.

Fractures Fractures are common findings in pediatric patients presenting to the ED. Traditionally, fracture diagnosis and confirmation of reduction is performed with the use of radiographic imaging. To further enhance reduction accuracy, some prac...