Distal femur fractures are significant injuries that often occur in both young and elderly populations, typically resulting from high-energy trauma or falls. The treatment of these fractures is ...

Severely comminuted distal femur fractures require anatomic internal fixation for best results, but obtaining rigid fixation of the multiple fragments may be challenging or impossible using ...

A 33-year-old male was involved in a high-speed motorcycle accident and sustained multiple open injuries. He was taken to a local hospital and radiographic examination revealed a right-sided (open) ...

In some cases, it’s possible to treat a femur fracture without surgery. A nonsurgical approach may be considered if the fracture is not displaced—that is, if the ends of the bone are still in contact ...

A 66-year-old female tripped and fell while getting out of a car. Her past surgical history included a left Total Knee Replacement (TKR) performed six months earlier. Radiographs revealed a left-sided ...

Here we describe a case of closed internal circumferential degloving injury of the distal thigh with a distal femur fracture treated by an innovative technique involving negative pressure therapy, ...

Neck of femur fractures (NOFF) are one of the major health concerns, with their incidence and the cost of care rising each year. Though a plethora of literature remains available on NOFF and its ...

FEMUR is a global, prospective cohort study on femur fracture management. Data collection will start in February 2025. Each hospital site will collect data over a minimum consecutive 28-day period in ...

Objectives To determine and identify the characteristics and circumstances of femur fractures in ambulatory young children. Design and setting Retrospective review of 203 ambulatory children, between ...

The patient's growth plates were still open at the level of the proximal and distal femur. • Occurrence of a pathological fracture of the left femur in August 2023 • Closed reduction of the femoral ...