The authors describe several such fractures and how to recognize them.
Radiographs clinch the diagnosis, but physicans can also find telling clues in the history.
In the preparticipation cardiac exam, physicians have to walk a fine line between identifying life-threatening conditions and making sure they don't unnecessarily keep a person out of action. But, as this case report of a football player shows, burners can also have complications. The authors describe the simple and complex types of brachial plexus injury and how to accurately classify, manage, and prevent them. When patients present with nonspecific knee pain, physicians should be on the lookout for osteochondritis dissecans. A soldier had persistent, bilateral shoulder and neck pain after a 12-mile road march.