The main difference between a bone fracture and a bone bruise is its severity. Bone bruises are far less severe and involve less tissue damage. With that said, there is often a fine line between what ...

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Open reduction internal fixation (ORIF) is a surgical approach that's used for repairing certain types of bone fractures. An open reduction is an invasive surgical bone realignment, as opposed to a ...

Objective Diabetes mellitus (DM) is associated with an increased fracture risk; however, the impact of DM and subsequent fracture at different sites and the associations according to patient ...

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