Both patients had undergone open reduction and provisional stabilization of a displaced femoral neck fracture prior to intramedullary nailing. Figure 3. AP view of the left proximal femur ...

In response, Merck submitted a prior approval supplement (PAS) request to add “low-energy fractures of the subtrochanteric and proximal femoral ... the parties are left to debate the ...

The researchers note that subtrochanteric fractures, accounting for 5–10% of proximal femoral fractures, pose significant challenges due to a high risk of nonunion and fixation failure. Patients with ...

To determine which parameters, including femur morphology, proximal femur bone mineral density, or patient characteristics, are associated with bisphosphonate-related atypical femur fractures ... were ...

Doctors discovered he shattered his femur, which required surgery to insert a metal plate and eight pins in his left thigh. Bensurto doesn’t understand why his son was left on the floor in ...

Coronal shear fractures of the femoral neck (CSFF) are the most challenging to treat among proximal femur fractures ... and the upper right and lower left near the junction of the blade or lag screw ...

It starts below the hip and ends at the knee where the bone begins to widen. On the femur’s upper end (proximal ... below this is the subtrochanteric area. Most hip fractures occur in the ...

Recently, some authors reported the use of plates with fixed angle screws in the treatment of subtrochanteric fractures of the femur. Saini et al., 9 using proximal femur-locking compression plate (PF ...

The affected side was the right femur in 6 cases (31.6%) and the left in 13 cases (68.4 ... limited remodeling potential of the proximal femur. So far, there are several methods of managing ...

Physical examination of the fracture site revealed tenderness over the proximal thigh ... Six years after the index injury of the right femur, the patient slipped while walking and sustained a left ...