This interesting study shows that the incidence of more rare femoral fractures such as subtrochanteric fractures was stable from 1996 to 2006, although the overall incidence of hip fracture is ...

Your femur connects many important muscles, tendons, and ligaments in your hips and knees to the other parts of your body, including parts of the circulatory system. More than that, it helps you carry ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Risk for periprosthetic fracture after THA may be more closely correlated with femoral stem design vs. use of ...

The femur — your thigh bone — is the largest and strongest bone in your body. When the femur breaks, it takes a long time to heal. Breaking your femur can make everyday tasks much more difficult ...

Long-term bisphosphonate therapy can change bones at the microscopic level to make them more susceptible to the rare catastrophic transverse breaks known as atypical femoral fractures (AFFs), ...

A 19-year-old man was struck by a car while riding his motorcycle, and thrown 5 feet. When paramedics arrived on the scene within 10 minutes of the accident, the patient was alert and oriented to time ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 25-year-old woman presented to the hospital as a level 2 trauma activation as the unrestrained driver in a ...