Scientists have discovered a defect in cellular pathways that provides a new explanation for the earliest stages of abnormal skull development in newborns, known as craniosynostosis. University of ...

The skeleton is among the most commonly injured body tissues. Every year more than 16 million fractures of long bones occur in the United States. Fortunately, bone has excellent regenerative potential ...

The most common sites of osteochondrosis associated with anterior knee pain occur at secondary centers including the tibial tubercle (Osgood-Schlatter disease) and/or the inferior patellar pole ...

Bent bone dysplasia (BBD) is a perinatal-lethal skeletal disorder caused by pathogenic FGFR2 mutations that disrupt bone ...

Heterotopic ossification, which is bone that forms in an undesired location following a musculoskeletal injury or surgical procedure, is a problem among orthopaedic patients. It can occur following ...

Heterotopic ossification happens when bone grows outside of its normal location and into the surrounding soft tissues of your body. When this happens, the pieces of bone that develop are called ...

Electrophysiological and autoradiographic studies have shown that the distribution of acetylcholine (AcCho) receptors on uninnervated cultured chicken muscle cells is not uniform. Regions of high ...

CHICAGO — Patients treated with indomethacin after a two-incision distal biceps repair experienced eight-times greater odds of developing heterotopic ossification, according to results presented here.

This week, we are going to discuss a condition that occurs after trauma and surgery as well as after traumatic injuries to the head, neck and spine. The condition? Heterotopic ossification.

University of Rochester Medical Center scientists discovered a defect in cellular pathways that provides a new explanation for the earliest stages of abnormal skull development in newborns, known as ...