On December 22nd of 2023, a Vietnamese patient underwent hours-long surgery in order to remove part of his pelvis and femur, as per the usual treatment for bone cancer. What was special here was that ...

A broken pelvis is a fracture in one or more of the bones in your lower abdomen. Pelvic fractures are typically caused by high impact traumas, like car accidents. Pelvic fractures can be severe and ...

A pelvic fracture is a break in one or more of the bones in the pelvis. This includes the sacrum, coccyx, ilium, ischium, and pubis. The type of pelvic fracture a person has may depend on the trauma ...

Pelvic bone cancer is a rare form of cancer. Primary bone cancers that start in the bones are uncommon. Usually, when someone has bone cancer, it begins elsewhere and then spreads to the bones.

Osteitis pubis is a painful condition that causes inflammation around the center of the pelvis. This joint (called the pubic symphysis) connects the left and right sides of your pelvis and is ...

Long-term clinical outcome of the patients with nonmetastatic osteosarcoma treated by caffeine-potentiated chemotherapy and function-preserving surgery. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2014 ...

Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is one of many etiologies of overactive bladder (OAB) in women. In fact, the relative risk of OAB increases threefold in women with POP versus women without it. A new study ...

The abdominal muscles provide postural support, protect internal organs, and perform other functions. In addition, the lower abdominal muscles help protect the pelvic cavity. The rectus abdominis is ...

All vertebrate species have a pelvis, but only humans use it for upright, two-legged walking. The evolution of the human pelvis, and our two-legged gait, dates back 5 million years, but the precise ...