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- A Broken Nose - Informative site about treatment. Rhinoplasty or nasal surgery is discussed.
abrokennose.com
- AAOS - Fractures - Information on fractures from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
orthoinfo.aaos.org/brochure/thr_report.cfm?Thread_ID=9&topcategory=About%20Orthopaedics&searentry=fractures
- About Fractures - Comprehensive information about broken bones, and many resources to help understand and treat this common orthopedic condition.
orthopedics.about.com/health/orthopedics/blfracture.htm
- Cervical Spine Fractures - Describing c-spine fractures with illustrations. Hughston Sports Medicine Foundation.
www.hughston.com/hha/a.cspine.htm
- Common Foot and Ankle Fractures - In-depth article with descriptions and x-ray photos of fractures of the ankle and hind foot.
www.physsportsmed.com/issues/sep_96/thordar.htm
- Distal Humerus Fractures - Supracondylar Fractures - Article by Alan S. Miller, M.D. describing one of most common fractures of the elbow in the 3 - 11 year old child.
www.embbs.com/ortho/suprc.html
- Distal Radial Fractures - Article by Amir Matityahu, MD with descriptions, clinical findings and types of radial fractures. With illustrations.
www.amirmd.com/ortho-info/dist_radfx.html
- Falls and Hip Fractures Among Older Adults - Article from the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.
www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/falls.htm
- Family.com - First Aid: Fractures - An excerpt on first aid for fractures from the Disney Encyclopedia of Baby and Child Care.
family.go.com/raisingkids/child/health/firstaidguide/dony69hl_fract
- Forearm Fractures - Discussion of causes, diagnosis and treatment, from eMedicine.
emedicine.com/cgi-bin/foxweb.exe/showsection@d:/em/ga?book=emerg&topicid=194
- Fractures - Active First Aid Online v4.0 - From the Internet version of the official Parasol EMT First Aid book. Description, causes, treatments of several types of fractures.
www.parasolemt.com.au/Manual/fractures.html
- Fractures and Splinting - Describes initial care of various types of fractures aimed at the layman.
www.whmentors.org/saf/fracture.html
- HealthCentral - Fracture - General overview of fractures with a photo gallery, terminology, signs and symptoms and emergency first aid treatment recommendations.
www.healthcentral.com/mhc/top/000001.cfm
- Hip Fractures - Article on this common type of fracture, from the Mayo Clinic.
www.mayoclinic.com/home?id=DS00185
- Hippocratic Treatise On Fractures - Translation of an original document written circa 400 B.C.
www.indiana.edu/~ancmed/fractures.htm
- Jaw Fractures - Search Pubmed for information on fractures of the mandible and maxilla.
www.ohsu.edu/cliniweb/C21/C21.866.405.762.467.html
- Longwood Skull Base Program, Boston - Orbital Fractures - An article by Ivo P. Janecka, Chapter 102 of Operative Otolaryngology (W. B. Saunders, 1997).
www.skullbase.org/pg1193.html
- MEDLine Plus: Fractures - Provides extensive links to articles on fractures. Also features a search engine.
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/fractures.html
- Medline: Fracture Overview - Definition of types of fractures, their symptoms, treatment and prevention.
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000001.htm
- Patient Guide to Clavicle (Collarbone) Fractures - From Johns Hopkins Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.
ww2.med.jhu.edu/ortho/sports/clavicle.html
- The Comprehensive Classification of Fractures of Long Bones - Information includes anatomy, fracture types, diagnostic codes, a glossary of terms, and diagrams.
www.aona.com/longbone/index.html
- The Facts About Fractures and Broken Bones - Article aimed at kids and their parents.
kidshealth.org/kid/ill_injure/aches/broken_bones.html
- The Internet Classics Archive - On Fractures by Hippocrates - Translation by Francis Adams. An 89k text-only version is available for download.
classics.mit.edu/Hippocrates/fractur.mb.txt
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