The primary treatment of a dislocation is reduction by manual manipulation with or without sedation or general anaesthesia. Applying a downward force on the posterior teeth while pushing the mandible ...

Figure 1. Radiograph showing a lateral view of the right hand Tenderness over the hypothenar eminence, swelling and limited flexion also suggest fracture. After sustaining a fall the previous evening, ...

A dislocation is a joint injury in which the bones are forced out of their usual positions and are completely separated. Your joints are where two or more bones meet. It can be hard to tell if a bone ...

Did you know that the shoulder joint, also called the glenohumeral joint, is the most movable joint in the body due to its high range of motion? It is a ball-and-socket joint that connects the upper ...

The elbow is a stable joint where three bones - the humerus of the upper arm and the ulna and the radius of the forearm - come together. These bones are kept in proper alignment with the help of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . This Orthopedics Today Round Table features surgical hip dislocation in children, a procedure described by ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The patient is a 74-year-old man with a past medical history of hypertension who initially presented to an ...

A dislocation is a complete separation of the bones in a joint. Often, the ligaments that hold your bones together are torn. The bones of your toe can be dislocated by jamming your toe or by any ...

Acute traumatic proximal tibiofibular joint dislocation is an exceedingly rare injury. This is a case report in a rare horizontal type joint variant, following a long jump injury. The diagnostic ...

The diagram shows the location of atoms close to an edge dislocation line that runs back into the screen. The green circle outlines a group of atoms close to the dislocation line that have larger ...