Sentences with phrase «small bone fractures»

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Micro-fracture is a surgical technique done through a camera (arthroscope) in which small holes («fractures») are created at the ends of the bones which have these cartilage defects.

A seemingly small injury, such as a hairline fracture, may feel like more of an annoyance to the athlete, but overusing the leg by continuing to participate in the sport may result in the fracture getting bigger and the bone weakening.

If a bone in the forearm or wrist is fractured, use a folded newspaper or magazine padded with a towel or small pillow to create a splint that immobilizes and protects the broken bone.

Such a small rise in bone mass is probably not enough to protect against fractures.

But a small group of experts now says that the fracture patterns on the bones, found during highway construction near San Diego, California, must have been left by humans pounding them with stones found nearby.

Young athletes showing signs of notable or severe low back pain should be checked for spondylolysis, also known as a pars interarticularis stress fracture or the breaking of a small connecting bone in the lower back that could cause a spinal bone to disconnect and slip forward.

To treat a complicated, non-healing bone defect, surgeons often use an implant with living cells to promote bone repair, but the implanted cells have a small chance of surviving because they are not prepared for a lack of oxygen and nutrients at the fracture site.

Finally, women have smaller, less dense bones than men, which can lead to more strains and fractures.

Increases in bone density are relatively small for post-menopausal women but the losses attenuated make risk of fracture significantly lower.

A stress fracture of the fibula is a small fracture or hairline crack in the bone.

Many exotic pets are small and fragile critters with even smaller and more fragile bones, but chinchillas seem to be seen at animal hospitals pretty often for bone fractures.

Complex fractures such as those seen in animals who have been hit by a car or who are very small and have poor bone density can sometimes lead to complications.

A fractured tooth or punctured small intestine is the last thing any veterinary clinic wants for your pet, so be aware that any diet that contains bones can pose a health hazard.

As with all small breed dogs, Chidale pups are extremely little and need extra attention when being handled as their tiny bones can fracture easily.

Large and small animal nuclear medicine is available and is a subspecialty of radiology in which radioisotopes (compounds containing radioactive forms of atoms) are put into the body to evaluate organ function or localize bone disease such as stress fractures or tumor metastasis.

Over time, forces acting on these bones to counteract the instability will lead to small, microscopic fractures and resulting osteoarthritis.

A comminuted fracture is when the bone is splintered or fragmented, with a minimum of three fracture fragments (fragments may be small or large), where the fracture lines interconnect.

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