However, 4 months prior to her current presentation, she fell and sustained a left distal periprosthetic femur fracture (Figure 1). ... There were no skin tears or open fractures.

Distal femur fractures have a bi-modal distribution with younger patients sustaining these injuries following high-energy mechanisms while ... et al. EFORT Open Rev. 2024;doi:10.1530/eor-23 ...

A group of Dallas doctors and scientists have printed a human femur — the longest and strongest bone in the body — that ...

Winquist and colleagues reported that 16.5% of 520 femoral shaft fractures were open. Of those, 88.4% were type I, according to the Gustilo-Anderson classification of open fractures [ 2 , 3 ] : Type ...

Severely comminuted distal femur fractures are challenging to treat properly. [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9] Historically, traction (Fig. 1) achieved adequate results but exposed the patient to the risks of ...

Femur fractures As the strongest bone in your body, your femur can support as much as 30 times your body weight. Because it’s so strong, it usually takes a lot of force to break or fracture it.

We reviewed 284 records for hip or femur fractures among 14,195 women in these trials. A total of 12 fractures in 10 patients were classified as occurring in the subtrochanteric or diaphyseal ...

VALLEY, Ala. (WRBL) — A Valley woman is facing an aggravated child abuse charge after police say her 4-month-old daughter was found with a broken femur and signs of multiple other fractures. 24 ...

SMITHTOWN, N.Y. (PIX11) – A man is accused of attacking an 89-year-old woman in a Long Island home, according to officials. Christopher Loeb, 37, was charged with assault in connection with the ...