With intraoperative femur fractures on the rise, surgeons should aim to prevent these fractures from occurring by identifying high-risk patients and surgical risk factors, according to a presenter ...

Total hip arthroplasty (THA ... The majority of older patients who sustain a valgus impacted or a nondisplaced femoral neck fracture should be treated with internal fixation rather than joint ...

So that we do not introduce bacteria into the wound that could be devasting to an implant we take extra precautions in surgery ... dislocated the hip and removed the femoral head, or ball to ...

Background: Femoral neck fractures in the elderly make up a large ... bleeding and the difficulty deciding the optimal timing of surgery. The aim of this systematic review is to examine the ...

AST/ALT ratio may predict 1-year mortality in elderly patients operated for femoral neck fracture suggests a study published ...

Few studies have assessed its use following hip fracture surgery. The new clinical trial enrolled 50 older adults undergoing hip hemiarthroplasty for isolated intracapsular femoral neck fractures.

Femoral shaft fractures ... functional scores at six months post-surgery. Factors such as age under 35, urgent surgical management, and specific fracture types were identified as risk factors ...

In Landis' case, the damage reportedly occurred in conjunction with a hip fracture he suffered in 2003 ... chief of joint replacement surgery at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York ...

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva explained Friday that he will be undergoing surgery later this month to correct his femur problems. “I'm going to stop because, I want to confess ...

The hip joint serves as the gathering point between your thigh bone (femur) and your hip bone ... making one prone to fractures. Ones with untreated or undiagnosed hip dysplasia may also ...

The New York Mets agreed to terms with left-handed reliever A.J. Minter on Friday, landing one of Atlanta's top bullpen arms ...