Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 90-year-old woman presented to the ED after sustaining a ground-level fall onto her right knee earlier in the ...

British investigators recommended using the sliding hip screw rather than the long gamma nail for fixation of AO/OTA 31-A2 fractures of the proximal part of the femur, according to an article ...

In a new study published in Engineering, Academician Yingze Zhang’s research team introduces the Proximal Femur Bionic Nail (PFBN) as a potential panacea for unstable intertrochanteric femur fractures ...

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 ...

Objective-To study hospital admission rates for fractures of the proximal femur over a period when incidence is reported to have increased, compensating for known lack of precision in coding, ...

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 ...

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The long-term safety of bisphosphonates for the treatment of osteoporosis has been questioned. Two case series have suggested a link between prolonged bisphosphonate therapy and atypical fractures. In ...

In this study 33 consecutive patients (9 females and 24 males) undergoing hip resurfacing surgery were recruited. The mean (SD) age of the participants was 55 (9) years. The mean (SD) body mass index ...