Trauma Content Archives

You asked us, so we’re answering. Etan Sugarman, MD, an orthopaedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine with New York Sports Medicine, answers a viewer’s question: My child feels aches and pains after a league ball game. What should I know?

You asked us, so we’re answering. Mininder Kocher, MD, an orthopaedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine with Boston Children’s Hospital, answers a viewer’s question: Why should young athletes play multiple sports?

In 2006 a licenseless driver hit my husband and I head on – the dashboard clipped the top of my left knee so hard that it drove my femur back ripping the ball of my femur completely off and shattering … Continue reading →

By Terry Stanton When a gunman perched on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel in Las Vegas rained gunfire on the crowd attending a Sunday night country music concert, the scores of wounded began flooding the city’s emergency … Continue reading →

By Terry Stanton The Atlantic hurricane season has been unusually intense this year, spawning five major hurricanes. Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, in particular, were especially destructive due to their intensity, duration, and sheer physical size. Although so many different … Continue reading →