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 ...

“Some of the important things to look out for are consistent whether you are doing a native, distal femoral fracture or many of these things transcend to a periprosthetic distal femoral fracture ...

These fractures can complicate recovery and lead to significant challenges in treatment. Recent research has focused on various treatment options for PPFs, particularly the use of distal femoral ...

KOLOA, Hawaii — With intraoperative femur fractures on the rise ... Garbuz said to expose the distal extent of the fracture, put cerclage wires distal to the fracture and finish the preparation.

Background: Up to 30% of patients suffer from long-term functional restrictions following conservative treatment of distal radius fractures. Whether duration of cast immobilisation influences ...

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 ...

Credit: Fractures of the femur in children, treated by Bryant's method of vertical extension / by J.M. Barton. Source: Wellcome Collection. Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal ...

Broken bones are common injuries, and many children will experience at least one fracture (break) in their growing years. How they happen—and how we treat them—can be very different in children than ...

Major osteoporotic fractures including hip, vertebral, forearm and wrist, and humerus were diagnosed based on x-ray reports extracted from the electronic medical records (EMR). The cause of fracture, ...

Absolute risk differences were five fewer hip fractures and six fewer major osteoporotic ... lower than -2.5 at any location, including the distal radius. The USPSTF fell short of recommending ...