[18] This type of classification has been most useful for research purposes. Femoral shaft fractures are best classified according to their location -- proximal, middle, or distal thirds -- and by ...
Fracture of the ipsilateral femoral neck and shaft is primarily found in younger individuals, usually in their third or fourth decades, who have been involved in high-energy trauma. The overall ...
The femoral shaft is rarely the site of a low-energy fracture in a healthy individual. The vast majority of these fractures are due to major trauma such as motor vehicle accidents. Although low-energy ...
Correspondence to: Dr Ivkovic Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical School, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia; aivkovic{at}inet.hr Background: Femoral shaft stress fractures in athletes are ...
Unless your bone has been weakened (most commonly the result of osteoporosis, medication side effects or cancer), it takes quite a lot of force to sustain a femur fracture. Since this bone is so ...
immediately below the femoral neck – called an intertrochanteric fracture the upper femoral shaft below the femoral neck – called a subtrochanteric fracture (least common) Hip fractures frequently ...
The combination of posterior hip dislocation with an ipsilateral femoral head and shaft fractures is unusual. While cases of concomitant fractures of femoral head and shaft have been previously ...
A femoral shaft fracture (broken thigh bone) is often treated with intramedullary nailing. Usually, the rod is made of titanium and they come in different lengths and diameters to fit patients of ...
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An 81-year-old man with a left shoulder hemiarthroplasty performed 12 years prior fell while gardening and sustained a left periprosthetic humeral shaft fracture. His medical history included coronary ...