DECATUR — Police said a Decatur man needed sutures to close a 3-inch-long, quarter-inch-wide facial wound after an assailant smashed a 12 ounce bottle of vodka against the right side of his head. The ...

An avulsion fracture occurs when a tendon or ligament that is attached to the bone pulls a piece of the fractured bone off. They can happen anywhere in the body but are most common in the finger, ...

A type of injury where a part of a patient's skin is forcibly pulled away due to extreme physical force, exposing the soft tissue underneath. The word avulsion originates from the Latin word avellere.

In the “prepare for the worst, hope for the best” category, the prepare for the worst category has unfortunately won out for Jets offensive tackle Mekhi Becton. NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo reports ...

The Dallas Cowboys lost a critical game against the Atlanta Falcons in Week 9 to drop to 3-5 on the season. They also lost their starting quarterback during that contest. Dak Prescott suffered an ...

A 2-yr-old female forest buffalo (Syncerus caffer nanus) presented with acute trauma to the right horn following a fight with a conspecific resulting in fracture and avulsion of the frontal bone, ...

Wound healing involves four stages: homeostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling. The skin is the body's largest ...

The Tonight Show host talks about his bout with ring avulsion, a finger injury that looks and sounds like something from a horror movie. We Googled it so you don't have to and trust us, you don't want ...

DECATUR — Police said a Decatur man needed sutures to close a 3-inch-long, quarter-inch-wide facial wound after an assailant smashed a 12 ounce bottle of vodka against the right side of his head.