The optimal timing of such surgery, however ... The two major complications following ipsilateral femoral neck and shaft fractures are nonunion and osteonecrosis. Fractures of the ipsilateral ...

Former UAB Orthopaedic Surgery Research Fellow David Patch, M.D., alongside his colleagues, published “Civilian Ballistic Femoral Shaft Fractures Compared with Blunt Femur Shaft Fractures” in the ...

Femoral shaft fractures are a common and temporarily disabling injury in children. Recent advances in adult orthopaedic traumatology have led to a more aggressive approach to the child with a ...

Correspondence to: Dr Hulstyn Brown University Department of Orthopaedics Division of Sports Medicine, 2 Dudley St, Providence, RI 02905, USA; hulstyncox.net Background: Stress fractures do not often ...

The Imperial Household Agency announced on the morning of Oct. 8 that the surgery to repair the broken femur that Empress Emerita Michiko suffered in a fall has been successful. According to the ...