This left Henshaw with serious fractures and one woman with a severe brain injury.
Reports describing operative treatment methods, however, include children with more serious fractures, and thus direct comparison cannot be made.
In many of the cases reported here, the iliac-crest flap was used to treat lesions that were due to high-energy trauma; this flap was also used to treat other serious fractures and nerve or vascular lesions, including traumatic amputations (case 10, four fingers) and late amputations (case 8, right leg amputation after vascular graft failure) (Table 2).
The band thought Zappa had been killed—he had suffered serious fractures, head trauma and injuries to his back, leg, and neck, as well as a crushed larynx, which ultimately caused his voice to drop a third after healing.
Interestingly, although men accounted for only one third of the total number of fractures in our study, they sustained almost half of the more serious fractures (types B and C).
This consequently makes them heavily dependent on others for their daily functional routine, especially with regard to mobility, let alone running a relatively high risk of sustaining accidental falls, serious fractures, recurrent hospitalisations and ultimately an admission into a nursing facility [ 6- 9].
More serious fractures require expert repair, and there are several companies that specialize in fixing what appears to be unfixable.
A few orthopedists reported that women taking osteoporosis drugs to prevent broken bones were showing up with rare and serious fractures of their thighbones.
And if that were the case, Gingrich reasoned, not only would it be politically unpalatable to stand in Obama's way, but chances were he would soon face serious fractures within his own party and would need to create a broader coalition of partners to get his initiatives through the Congress.
In fact, just six months into his papacy, he thrilled the press and highlighted serious fractures within the Vatican, as he said the church had become "obsessed" with abortion, gay marriage, and contraception.
It can cause serious fractures of bones, along with causing significant and even devastating physical, psychological and financial consequences for patients and their family members.
