Greater Trochanter: A bony prominence on the femur (thigh bone) that serves as an attachment point for muscles and ligaments. Intertrochanteric Fracture: A type of hip fracture that occurs between ...

The current surgical standard for pertrochanteric femoral fractures is minimally invasive nail osteosynthesis, whereby the lesser trochanter fragment is usually not reduced or fixed. However ...

This is dependent on accurate differential diagnosis. While hip osteoarthritis (OA) diagnosis is well defined,1 the diagnosis of greater trochanteric pain syndrome (GTPS) is not. The aim of this study ...

It happens when the bursa covering the greater trochanter becomes damaged or ... It is usually the result of overworked muscles. A hip fracture is a break in the top of the femur.

"X-rays found a fracture in the greater trochanter of his left hip," the team posted on social media. "He does not need ...

Surgeons should aim to prevent intraoperative femur fractures by identifying high ... stem as long as it is not well distal to the lesser trochanter,” Garbuz said. “If it goes below the ...

In the present head-to-head study, significantly greater increases in BMD at the hip trochanter ... hip or spine fracture after the age of 45 years – the type of patients most likely to be ...

During the interval from 1991 through 1996, 23 hips in 18 patients (12 male and 6 female) with the diagnosis of AVN had arthroscopy of the hip with ... the tip of the greater trochanter, under ...