The normal anatomy and morphology of the femoral head (caput femoris) and neck (collum femoris) are well documented.38 39 In Mechanical Engineering, ‘cam’ refers to an irregular aspherical rotating or ...

Abnormalities of the angle between the femoral neck and shaft of the femur may also require surgical correction. A decreased neck-shaft angle is called coxa vara or varus alignment. An increased ...

If the head is left displaced on the femoral neck, an impingement may occur. Impingement means that the femoral neck hits the rim of the socket prematurely during flexion which leads to decreased ...

Results showed patients with grade 1 femoral neck stress fractures had a mean return-to-running time of approximately 7.4 weeks compared to approximately 13.8 weeks for grade 2, 14.7 weeks for ...

Fractures of the ipsilateral femoral neck and shaft are a rare but challenging combination of injuries. As of 1993, approximately 250 cases had been reported in the literature.

A group of North Texas doctors and scientists printed part of a human femur—the longest and strongest bone in the body—that ...

Authors and Disclosures. Weiguo Wang, 1,2 Junjie Wei, 3 Zhanwang Xu, 4 * Wenkun Zhuo, 1 Yuan Zhang, 1 Hui Rong, 1 Xuecheng Cao 1 and Pingshan Wang 1 1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, General ...

Merck's Keytruda wins breakthrough head and neck cancer nod around surgery, but with a limitation By Angus Liu Jun 13, 2025 10:50am Merck & Co. Keytruda head and neck cancer PD-1/L1 ...

Grey's Anatomy is a long-running medical series focused on a group of doctors at Seattle Grace Mercy West hospital. Ellen Pompeo, Jesse Williams, and more star.

Former "Grey's Anatomy" star Eric Dane is speaking out for the first time in a television interview about his battle with ALS, a degenerative neurological disorder. "I wake up every day and I'm ...