A fracture is a break or crack in a bone. It can happen after a fall, road accident, sports injury, or a sudden twisting movement. Some fractures are small cracks, while others can cause the bone to move out of its normal position or break through the skin. The first...

Sports injuries send more people to an orthopedic surgeon than almost anything else, and a handful of patterns show up again and again. Knee ligament tears, ACL especially, top that list. Right behind it, rotator cuff tears in the shoulder. Severe ankle sprains too,...

Arthroscopy is a minimally invasive technique. A surgeon examines the joint through a few small incisions and treats the problem , often in the same sitting. No big opening. No long scar. Used across several major joints too, knee, shoulder, hip, elbow, wrist, ankle,...