Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 36-year-old man presented to the ED as a level 1 trauma activation with a gunshot injury to the right thigh ...
Femoral neck fractures are intracapsular fractures. The capsule is the area that contains the fluid that lubricates and nourishes the hip joint. Fractures in this area are categorized based on the ...
Numerous options exist for the treatment of this complex injury pattern. Controversy exists as to which fracture to stabilize first and what hardware combination to use. The optimal timing of such ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 25-year-old woman presented to the hospital as a level 2 trauma activation as the unrestrained driver in a ...
IN OCTOBER, 1939, I 1 reported on a small series of hip reconstructions done for painful, nonunited fractures of the femoral neck under the various prevalent standard procedures. These included the ...
1 Department of Medicine, Biology and the Environment, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia 2 Department of Surgery, The Trauma and Orthopaedic Research ...
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 carry ...
1 Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 2 Department of Sports Medicine, University of British Columbia Hospital, Vancouver, British ...
A slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) is a condition in which the head of the femur separates from the adjacent growth plate or epiphysis at the upper end of the femur. It is found to occur over ...