A medical research team at Saarland University, led by Professor Bergita Ganse, has discovered a new approach to monitoring bone fracture healing by measuring blood supply to the tissue at the ...

Tibial plateau fractures are rare, making up around 1% of all fracture injuries. Tibial plateau fractures usually result from severe trauma. But these fractures can also happen when you have weakened ...

Fractures of the tibial plateau are severe injuries, accounting for 5–8% of all fractures of the lower leg. The most frequent reasons for these injuries are falls, traffic accidents and sports trauma.

Research engineers at Saarland University and medical researchers at the Saarland University Medical Center are developing smart implants that can both monitor and promote healing in fractured bones.

The 4% venous thromboembolism or VTE rate researchers found for 571 patients with tibial plateau fractures supports their theory that the non-weight-bearing sometimes needed after fracture treatment ...

When you fracture a bone, the injury sets off a very intricate and lengthy healing process. Bones are tough, but they’re not able to heal from a fracture in a day, a week, or even a month. It takes ...

Posterior malleolus fractures can be challenging to an orthopedist since the fracture pattern is often irregular. They can ...