Nature

Pelvic irradiation increases the risk of pelvic fracture in elderly female cancer patients

Pelvic fractures are a major cause of mortality and morbidity among the aging female population. Radiation therapy for pelvic cancers can cause bone damage, which might increase the risk of bone ...
Business Wire

CurvaFix Showcases Pioneering CurvaFix® IM Implant for Pelvic Trauma Fracture Repair at AAOS 2022 Annual Meeting

BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CurvaFix, Inc., a developer of medical devices to repair fractures in curved bones, announced today that it will showcase the new CurvaFix® IM Implant at the American ...
Business Wire

CurvaFix Receives FDA Clearance for Smaller-diameter, Intramedullary Implant for Pelvic Fracture Fixation

BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CurvaFix, Inc., a developer of medical devices to repair fractures in curved bones, today announced it has received 510(k) clearance (K222505) from the U.S. Food & ...
Medscape

Any Bone Break Increases Risk for Subsequent Fracture in Older Women

No matter where an initial fracture occurs in a postmenopausal woman, there is a subsequent increased risk of another fracture, with the risk surprisingly highest in the youngest postmenopausal group ...
Healio

Any initial fracture raises subsequent fracture risk for postmenopausal women

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Postmenopausal women who sustain any type of initial fracture are at a higher risk for a subsequent fracture, ...
Healthline

Female Pelvis Overview

There are some structural differences between the female and the male pelvis. Most of these differences involve providing enough space for a baby to develop and pass through the birth canal of the ...