Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 46-year-old male construction worker presented to the ER complaining of midtibia pain after being struck by a ...

A 42-year-old woman was involved in a motorcycle crash and sustained a type II open, right distal-third tibia and fibula fractures (Figure 1). The patient was appropriately resuscitated, given IV ...

Editor's Note: This article was originally published on February 20, 2001, and has been updated in order to provide the reader with additional references as well as to clarify several issues. The ...

The patient’s hand wound is directly over the displaced metacarpal fracture, which can be assumed to be an open fracture. Fractures of the phalanges and metacarpals are common injuries seen in the ...

Significant soft-tissue disruption is frequently associated with high-grade talar neck fractures. [22] Up to 20% of cases present as open injuries with an anterolateral wound at the level of the ankle ...

A new study compares the effectiveness of two antisepsis aqueous solutions in reducing the risk of infection in patients requiring surgery for open fractures. The research team found that contrary to ...