A 72-year-old woman was originally seen by her primary care physician for left wrist pain after a ground level fall. Due to persistent pain and swelling, the patient underwent radiographs. Steven D.

Radiologic evaluation of sports injuries of the wrist and hand should commence with plain radiographs. Although plain radiography provides information in only two dimensions and cannot give detailed ...

A triquetral fracture happens when you break or crack the triquetrum, one of the 8 small carpal bones that form a part of your wrist. ‌Falling on an outstretched hand is the most common cause of a ...

Newly treated individuals with type 1 diabetes (T1D) not only have a higher overall incidence of fractures but are also more likely to experience fractures at distal sites. These findings were ...

When an older adult breaks a wrist, a doctor may recommend a cast or surgery. But a new study finds that getting a cast is just as good as surgery for such fractures. The study was published Wednesday ...

Read before the American College of Surgeons at a meeting held at the Boston City Hospital, October 12, 1928. From the Department of Anatomy, Tufts College Medical School. For record and address of ...