Read before the American Orthopaedic Association in Milwaukee, June, 1936. Brown, Lloyd T. — Instructor in Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School. For record and address of author see "This Week's ...

Renita White, MD, is an obstetrician/gynecologist at Georgia Obstetrics and Gynecology in Atlanta, Georgia. Her areas of expertise include fibroids, irregular vaginal ...

Mother Nature has the answer: With the onset of puberty, the female pelvis expands; with the onset of menopause, it contracts again. In contrast, the male pelvis remains on the same developmental ...

Sacrum fractures are uncommon, according to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. But because of their location within the pelvis near major blood vessels and organs, they may cause extensive ...

Bates spent weeks recovering from a fractured pelvis and sacrum sustained in a jumpout fall in early December, leaving him sore and getting around slowly at Christmas. “It was a bit of a tricky one,” ...

Editor's note: Lindsey Vonn shared an injury update on Feb. 13, detailing she will need two more surgeries following three she has already undergone. Lindsey Vonn has a complex tibia fracture that ...

Lindsey Vonn was competing in her fifth Winter Olympics when she was injured Saturday. (Screengrab by IOC via Getty Images) Legendary American skier Lindsey Vonn suffered a complex tibia fracture in ...

The discipline of classification and taxonomy involves the grouping of organisms into categories based on different properties including size, shape and gene sequences. Classification can help to ...

The orbital (eye) socket is a set of bones that surround and protect your eye. The bones around the eye form the walls and floor — sides and bottom — of the orbital socket and vary in thickness. The ...