Fractures will heal without surgery - sometimes. For the past 50,000 years that hominids have been present, in all but the last 100 years, their fractures healed without surgery. There is no question that we have had many a short legged, crooked armed, gimpy ancestor - but their fractures did heal and so there is an inherent biology in fracture care that has to be respected. Fractures want to heal. We must encourage them to heal in a functional position. Highly Reputable

AONA posting of the AO Classification of Long Bone Fractures Highly Reputable

List of fracture eponyms with links to a page describing them

Lecture/presentation in the Basic Fracture Course of the Orthopaedic Trauma Association Highly Reputable

From Aviator's Astragalus to Turf Toe

Article by Buckley & Panaro 2007
Contents - Introduction; Indications; Contraindications; Workup; Treatment; Complications; Future and Controversies; Multimedia; References
Synonyms and related keywords: fracture management, open fracture, closed fracture, broken bone, traumatic bone injury, open reduction and internal fixation, ORIF, external fixation, ankle fracture, femur fracture

Timing and indcations for trauma surgery: from the OTA Basic Fracture Course Highly Reputable

Lag Screw & Neutralization Plating: Principles & Techniques. Basic Fracture Course of Orthopaedic Trauma Association Highly Reputable

Includes accounts of skull, chest, spine, shoulder, humerus, elbow, forearm, hand & wrist, hip & pelvis, femur knee, tib/fib, foot and ankle fractures. Also Fracture Eponyms and 'Fracture by Profession' (qv)