Objective: Analysis of 19 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and antiphospholipid antibodies presenting consecutively with foot pain. All had metatarsal fractures (six bilateral) without any ...
Treatment for a neck fracture—also called a cervical fracture or broken neck—depends on the severity of the injury, which cervical vertebrae (bones in the neck that protect the spinal cord) are ...
(In a displaced fracture, the bone has broken into two or more pieces and the pieces have shifted out of alignment.) Generally, nonsurgical treatment is appropriate only if there is no damage to ...
The stability of the joint after an ankle fracture and the necessary treatment hinge on exactly where the break occurs. This article reviews the bones that may be involved in an ankle break, the most ...
Breaking the fourth wall is an often (but not always) comedy device used in fictional literature and media in which a character acknowledges the fact they are a character in said fiction and media, ...
The Guidelines Project, an initiative of the Brazilian Medical Association, aims to combine information from the medical field in order to standardize procedures to assist the reasoning and ...