For the study, researchers examined 77 children, between the ages of 6 months and 4 years, admitted to two pediatric medical centers for suspected bone or joint infection. They compared the 77 ...

Doctors in Portugal describe how the cat likely transmitted a germ that usually only causes swollen lymph nodes and fever. Reading time 2 minutes A teen girl’s kitten turned out to cause much more ...

Patients with above-the-knee amputations have been outfitted with prosthetic legs for more than 500 years. But in recent decades, these prostheses have advanced to become in-bone, where the prosthesis ...

Linzi Gauld noticed her four-year-old son Ollie Gauld couldn't fully stretch his left arm but thought it was because he had ...

The schematic illustration of the synthesis process of Qx-D (A) and the rat model of femoral infectious bone defect (B). In the realm of orthopedic medicine, the challenge of managing infected bone ...

A research team from Shanghai Jiao Tong University has resulted in a significant advancement in the field of orthopedic implant materials. The study, published in Engineering, introduces a novel ...

The presence of the bacterium Kingella kingae in children's throats was strongly linked to bone and joint infection with the same bacterium, according to new research published in CMAJ (Canadian ...

After a pedicure, Glenn Morris suffered a bone infection that led to a leg amputation, calling the procedure “a massive relief" from an "extreme amount of pain" Kennedy News and Media Glenn Morris, 54 ...