Avulsion fractures represent a significant clinical concern among adolescent athletes. These injuries occur when a sudden, forceful contraction of muscle or tendon pulls a fragment of bone away from ...

Today’s article involves fractures of bone which are caused by a small piece of bone attaching to a tendon and being pulled away from the bone in a type of chunk or chip. This type of fracture is ...

We present here an unusual case of a sequential avulsion fracture of the anterior inferior iliac spine (AIIS), occurring first in the right and then the left AIIS, during long jump attempts. The case ...

This patient, a smoker with cervical spondylotic myeloradiculopathy, had required a C4–C5 anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with a tricortical autograft harvested with a sagittal saw and ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — A presenter at the Orthopaedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting said calcaneal avulsion fractures treated at a level 1 trauma center had a 60% complication rate. “Soft ...

The thumb injury to Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is more severe than known. Rodgers' injury, suffered during a 27-22 loss to the Giants in London on Oct. 9, is actually an avulsion ...

De'Aaron Fox suffered an avulsion fracture in his left hand late in the Sacramento Kings' Game 4 loss to the Golden State Warriors on Sunday. Fox, who's left-handed, is now listed as doubtful for Game ...

Department of Orthopedics and Department of Sports Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey Correspondence to: Dr Doral Department of Orthopedics and Department of Sports Medicine, Hacettepe ...

The Atlanta Hawks’ Bogdan Bogdanovic has been diagnosed with an avulsion fracture in his right knee with associated soft tissue inflammation and a bone bruise, the team announced Sunday. Per the ...