The main part of the femoral head and the femoral neck is saved during the arthroplasty, which it is thought to eliminate the problems of proximal femoral stress shielding and osteolysis and to ...

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 ...

Introduction The evolving use of component modularity in femoral stem design has found principal application in revision hip procedures. The advantages of these systems include off-the-shelf ...

The paper “Proximal Femur Bionic Nail (PFBN): A Panacea for Unstable Intertrochanteric Femur Fracture,” authored by Kaixuan Zhang, Wei Chen, Yingze Zhang. Full text of the open access paper ...

We sat down with Sports Medicine Specialist Dr. Kelly Krei to learn about Proximal Femoral Pain in Adolescents, how to identify it, and what you can do to help treat it.

Ivy made the decision to have part of her leg amputated, but hasn’t let it hold her back. Pictures: Nick Glover Ivy Glover from Maidstone has had to undergo numerous operations. Picture: Nick Glover ...

Results: Groups were similar at baseline and did not differ in weight, height, total body, lumbar spine, proximal femur, or femoral neck BMC. Control children had a greater increase in adjusted total ...

News North Texas scientists 3D-print part of human femur as strong as real bone Their low-cost technique using biodegradable material may one day help regrow bones. By Miriam Fauzia Science reporter ...

Worldwide, 4.5 million people are disabled from hip fractures each year, with an expected increase to 21 million persons living with this disability in the next 40 years. 1 Globally, hip fracture ...

Conclusion Our one-year follow-up showed that there was a drop in bone remodeling in the early postoperative phase after HRA. However, at one-year follow-up, the bone stock of the upper femur was ...