Philadelphia, Pa. (May 16, 2012) – For older adults with "C2" fractures of the upper (cervical) spine, surgery and nonsurgical treatment provide similar short- and long-term outcomes, reports a study ...

The description, gruesome as it is, conjures images of Clint Eastwood in a movie western. When people suffer a break to the C2 vertebrae in their neck, it’s often called a “hangman’s fracture.” It is ...

Melone described a fracture pattern of articular involvement in distal radius fractures depicted as an orthogonal fracture line through the mid-sagittal and mid-coronal planes. This study was ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . At 2 years, reverse total shoulder arthroplasty yielded better clinical outcomes than plate fixation for ...

A Texas woman may have disobeyed warnings to remain in her seat during flight. April 21, 2009 — -- A woman who was paralyzed after disobeying warnings to remain in her seat during a turbulent ...

NEW ORLEANS — Neither surgical nor nonoperative management is associated with a survival benefit among octogenarians with type II odontoid fracture, but certain markers can help identify those with a ...