As has been reported at Forbes.com and other news outlets, University of Louisville sophomore guard Kevin Ware suffered an open (or compound) fracture of the tibia (and fibula) in Sunday's NCAA game ...

While the healthcare system is under increasing financial burden, many healthcare institutions implement cost control strategies. Screening tibia shaft fracture patients for nonunion risks and ...

PORTLAND -- Dr. Hans Moller has seen it all. As an orthopedic surgeon for the Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, he's even repaired a few compound fractures, much like the one we all saw ...

This is the moment things go horribly wrong for a Russian weightlifter who suffers a gruesome injury when his right leg snaps as he tries to squat about 550 pounds. Yaroslav Radashkevich, 20, suffered ...

A Kansas player lost a portion of his left leg when he was forced to undergo amputation after a gangrenous infection set in following a compound break in a game less than two weeks ago. As first ...

Tiger Woods escaped a Tuesday morning car accident with his life, but suffered “significant” leg injuries that required extensive surgery and a rod being inserted into his lower right leg. Woods ...