Every year, nearly 10 million Americans experience a broken bone. A quarter of patients with lower leg fractures face delayed healing, and one in 10 patients will develop a nonunion, a break that ...

Type of fracture may be difficult to reset and stabilize ...

That unmistakable sound of bone giving way under pressure sends immediate dread through anyone who hears it. Broken bones account for millions of medical visits annually in the United States alone, ...

A cutting-edge medical breakthrough could help change the way that doctors are able to treat fractures. As reported in Interesting Engineering, a team of Chinese researchers has developed Bone-02, a ...

Repetitive and excessive stress on a bone can cause stress fractures, most often involving the leg or foot. These are common injuries that many patients overlook until the injury worsens and causes ...