This provides support but leaves room for swelling ... You may be put in a full leg splint to temporarily immobilize your broken femur before undergoing surgery. Surgery is usually necessary ...

Preston Boespflug: "Rough day today in Supercross - ended up with a broken femur and a dislocated knee, but other than that, ...

The upper part of her right femur snapped in a fall at the Sento Imperial Palace, the couple’s residence, on Oct. 6 and she underwent osteosynthesis surgery at the University of Tokyo Hospital.