Treating a Femur Fracture In the human body, the femur, the thigh bone is one of the largest and strongest bones which extends from the hip joint all the way down to the knee joint. Being the ...

Fracture neck of femur is a type of hip fracture seen in elderly people. An unsteady gait or reduced bone mineral density, both of which may be seen in the elderly is a predisposing factor.

Impaction femoral head fractures are seldom diagnosed or treated, even though they can be present in between 39% and 57% of acetabular-fracture dislocations or hip dislocations. These fractures can ...

Occipital condyle fractures (OCFs) occur at the base of your skull, often after a high-energy impact. While the location of this injury may worry you, most people have straightforward recoveries ...

The femoral head is the ball that attaches the upper end of the femur (thighbone) to the pelvic bone. Like subchondral knee fractures, these tend to happen to older adults.

Femoral Head Fractures Incidence and Mechanism Generally, femoral head fractures are infrequent injuries. Between 1975 and 1993, Stockenhuber et al 39 reported that only nine of 231 (3.9% ...

Bipolar hemiarthroplasty (BHA) is a surgical treatment for femoral neck fractures of the hip. An artificial joint with two bearings replaces the damaged joint. The bearings allow the head to ...

For Pauwels type Ⅱ fractures (30° ∼ 50° 30 ° ∼ 50 °), the 3CCS fixation method is still recommended. For Pauwels type Ⅲ fractures (> 50° 50 °), it is recommended to add MBP to the medial femoral neck ...