Ultrasound-guided nerve blocks for preoperative pain management after hip fracture provide improvements over conventional anesthesia including greater pain reduction and fewer adverse events, results ...

Ultrasound-guided axillary nerve block is as effective as fracture hematoma block in providing pain control for forearm ...

Portable ultrasound devices could provide an alternative to x-ray machines for diagnosing forearm fractures in children in a move that could alleviate waiting times for families in hospital emergency ...

In people over 50 years of age, fractures are so common that for example one in three women will suffer a wrist, ankle or hip fracture during their life. Low-energy fractures caused by bone weakening ...

The EXOGEN ultrasound bone healing system (Smith & Nephew), referred to in this document as EXOGEN, delivers low-intensity pulsed ultrasound waves with the aim of stimulating bone healing. It is ...

Jason Busse and colleagues conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to summarize the data from randomized controlled trails involving humans that studied the effect of ultrasound therapy on ...

Background Jones fractures are common injuries in football players, particularly during the developmental years, and they often become problematic once they progress to complete fractures. Early ...

Research on fracture outcomes using such devices mostly confirms Payvandi's experience. Studies in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery and the journal Trauma report that low- intensity ultrasound ...

NICE has assessed the EXOGEN ultrasound bone healing system to help the NHS decide whether to use this product. The EXOGEN ultrasound bone healing system delivers low-intensity pulsed ultrasound to ...