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 ...

An 82-year-old woman with a medical history of diabetes mellitus type 2 (most recent hemoglobin A1c of 10.3%), atrial ...

Bone cancer pain is common among ... that model was to ensure that the osteolytic cancer cells are confined within the intramedullary space of the femur and do not invade adjacent soft tissues.

Your femur connects many important muscles, tendons, and ligaments in your hips and knees to the other parts of your body, including parts of the circulatory system. More than that, it helps you ...

Researchers have discovered one of the oldest known case of bone cancer via a 240-million-year-old fossil, a study has revealed. The malignant tumor was identified in the femur of a Pappochelys ...

Repiphysis Distal Femur--Courtesy of MicroPort MicroPort has the Repiphysis expandable prosthesis technology for bone cancer patients; it is self-expanding and used as a bone replacement in limb ...

University of Texas at Dallas mechanical engineers have designed a 3D-printed femur that could help doctors prepare for surgeries to repair bones and develop treatments for bone tumors. The engineers, ...

We see more than 50 to 70 distal femur periprosthetic fractures a year, and only one or two a year have a loose femoral flange or inadequate bone stock for fixation. Two studies have shown a ...