In the human body, the femur, the thigh bone is one of the largest and strongest bones which extends from the hip joint all the way down to the knee joint. Being the strongest bone, a significantly ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Statistics show approximately 38,000 cases of periprosthetic distal femur fractures were treated in 2005, ...

Long-term bisphosphonate therapy can change bones at the microscopic level to make them more susceptible to the rare catastrophic transverse breaks known as atypical femoral fractures (AFFs), ...

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons' Board of Directors approved a new clinical practice guideline for the treatment of pediatric diaphyseal femur fractures. Diaphyseal (the shaft of a long ...

AMERICAN orthopedic surgeons have been skeptical about the use of medullary nailing of long-bone fractures. This, I think, is fortunate, as the slow acceptance of this technic has allowed us to avoid ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Frank Rauch, MD, of the Shriners Hospital for Children in Montreal, and colleagues evaluated 166 femur fractures ...

Influence of some clinical parameters in the tolerance to treatment in elderly patients with advanced lung cancer. Background: Local control for soft tissue sarcomas of the long bones often includes ...

Since 2007, there have been several reports suggesting a potential association between the use of bisphosphonates and the occurrence of subtrochanteric or so-called atypical femoral fracture. 1–4 ...

What is a Femoral Neck Fracture? Fracture neck of femur is a type of hip fracture seen in elderly people. An unsteady gait or reduced bone mineral density, both of which may be seen in the elderly is ...