Fractures

Bone fractures or breaks commonly happen due to car accidents, falls or sports injuries. Another cause is osteoporosis, which causes weakening of the bones. Overuse can cause stress fractures, which are very small cracks in the bone.

Follow the links below to find information about fractures.

Updated January 2009

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Osteoporosis
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Treating Fractures
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Title:   Fall prevention
Publisher:   The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health
Description:   Risk factors in the elderly that lead to an increase in falls such as poor vision, decreased joint position sense, poor balance and physical strength and increased frailty, where possible should be addressed and improved.
Date:   Jul 2009
Title:   Scaphoid fracture
Publisher:   Department of Health Western Australia
Description:   Diagnostic imaging algorithm for patients with a suspected scaphoid fracture.
Date:   Jun 2009
Title:   Suspected hip fracture
Publisher:   Department of Health Western Australia
Description:   Diagnostic imaging algorithm for patients with suspected hip fracture.
Date:   Jun 2009
Title:   Suspected stress fracture
Publisher:   Department of Health Western Australia
Description:   Diagnostic imaging algorithm for patients with suspected stress fracture.
Date:   Apr 2009
Title:   Surgical interventions for treating acute fractures or non-union of the middle third of the clavicle
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Collarbone or middle third of the clavicle fractures are a very common injury and account for up to 4% of all fractures. Although the majority of acute fractures can be treated conservatively, such as using a sling, there are some types of fracture that...
Date:   Mar 2009
Title:   Resorbable versus titanium plates for facial fractures
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Facial fractures with bone displacement are a frequent occurrence in individuals who have suffered trauma. They may cause functional and cosmetic problems. The management should include repositioning and immobilising the fractured bones to restore the f...
Date:   Sep 2008
Title:   Conservative treatment for closed fifth (small finger) metacarpal neck fractures
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   A closed (the overlying skin remains intact) fifth metacarpal neck fracture occurs when the bone is broken just below the knuckle of the little finger. These account for approximately one in five of all hand fractures. The typical patient is a young man...
Date:   Aug 2008
Title:   Surgical versus conservative management for odontoid fractures
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The seven bones making up the neck region of the backbone are called the cervical vertebrae. The first vertebra, called the atlas, supports the skull. Underneath this is the axis or second vertebra, which has a upward pointing process called the odontoi...
Date:   May 2008
Title:   Osteotomy, compression and other modifications of surgical techniques for internal fixation of extracapsular hip fractures
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Roughly half of all hip fractures are outside the hip joint capsule (extracapsular proximal femoral fractures). Many of these will be fixed or stabilised using metal implants which are a combination of screws, rods and plates attached to the thigh bone....
Date:   Mar 2008
Title:   Interventions for treating wrist fractures in children
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Approximately a third of all fractures in children occur at the wrist as a result of falling onto an outstretched hand. Some fractures are relatively minor and involve a bulging of the bone surface. These are buckle fractures and they are traditionally ...
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Gamma and other cephalocondylic intramedullary nails versus extramedullary implants for extracapsular hip fractures in adults
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Hip fractures located outside the hip joint capsule (extracapsular hip fractures) may be surgically fixed using a variety of implants. One particular type of implant is the sliding hip screw. This consists of a screw that is inserted into the upper part...
Date:   Nov 2007
Title:   Different methods of external fixation for treating distal radial fractures in adults
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   In older people, a 'broken wrist' (from a fracture at the lower end of the two forearm bones) can result from a fall onto an outstretched hand. Surgery may be considered for more seriously displaced fractures. One type of surgery is external fixation, i...
Date:   Oct 2007
Title:   Bone grafts and bone substitutes for treating distal radial fractures in adults
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   A 'broken wrist' (from a fracture at the lower end of the two forearm bones) often results from a fall onto an outstretched hand in older adults and from high-energy trauma, such as a road traffic accident, in young adults. Surgery may be considered for...
Date:   Jun 2007
Title:   External fixation versus conservative treatment for distal radial fractures in adults
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   In older people, a 'broken wrist' (from a fracture at the lower end of one of the two forearm bones) can result from a fall onto an outstretched hand. Treatment usually involves reduction (putting the broken bone back into position) and immobilising the...
Date:   May 2007
Title:   Percutaneous pinning for treating distal radial fractures in adults
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   In older people, a 'broken wrist' (from a fracture at the lower end of one of the two forearm bones) can result from a fall onto an outstretched hand. Treatment usually involves reduction (putting the broken bone back into position) and immobilising the...
Date:   May 2007
Title:   Management of the fractured edentulous atrophic mandible
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Fractures of the toothless, brittle and weakened lower jaw are fairly common in elderly people. Options for treatment include closed and open surgical techniques but there is still uncertainty as to which method has the most successful outcomes.The revi...
Date:   Nov 2006
Title:   Hip fracture injuries
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   The incidence of hip fractures is rising and projected to further increase in Australia due to the population growth in the oldest age groups, where hip fractures are the most common form of fracture. Hip fractures result in a large economic burden due to health expenditure in most industrialised countries.
Date:   Nov 2006
Title:   Interventions for treating proximal humeral fractures in adults
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Fracture of the proximal humerus (top end of the upper arm bone) is a common injury in older people. The bone typically breaks just below the shoulder, after a person puts out an arm to support their body during a fall. Most of these fractures occur wit...
Date:   Sep 2006
Title:   Pre-operative traction for fractures of the proximal femur in adults
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   For people with hip fractures, traction involves either using tapes (skin traction) or pins (skeletal traction) attached to the injured leg and connected to weights via a pulley. The application of traction before surgery is thought to relieve pain and ...
Date:   May 2006
Title:   Nutritional supplementation for hip fracture aftercare in older people
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Older people with hip fractures are often malnourished at the time of their fracture and many have poor food intake while in hospital. Malnutrition may hinder recovery after hip fracture. We reviewed the effects of nutritional interventions in older peo...
Date:   Apr 2006
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