Researchers in Liverpool and Oxford have found that surgery for a common elbow fracture in children offers no clinical benefit compared to non-surgical care. The findings could have significant implications for treatment and offer significant cost savings ...

Elbow fractures can occur as a result of a trauma, such as a fall while playing sports or even just walking along. Fractures in falls happen most often when people stretch our their arm to catch themselves as they fall; the force travels up through the ...

A retrospective cohort study found that artificial intelligence (AI) assistance significantly improved the sensitivity of emergency clinicians in detecting paediatric elbow fractures, correctly identified 95% of false negatives as abnormal, and showed a ...

Elbow injuries are common in both adults and children. Early recognition and treatment of an elbow injury can reduce the risk of complications and later disability. Any serious injury of the elbow deserves medical attention. Your elbow is a complex joint ...

Pediatric obesity is currently an epidemic, with the prevalence having quadruped over the last 25 years. Among other complications, obese children who sustain a supracondylar humeral (above the elbow) fracture can be expected to have more complex fractures ...