Distal femur fractures have an 11% to 20% rate of nonunion and loss of fixation. The incidence of distal femur fractures is increasing as patient longevity is also increasing.

An 82-year-old woman with a medical history of diabetes mellitus type 2 (most recent hemoglobin A1c of 10.3%), atrial fibrillation (on apixaban) and hypothyroidism presented to our ED with left ...

Severely comminuted distal femur fractures are challenging to treat properly. [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9] Historically, traction (Fig. 1) achieved adequate results but exposed the patient to the risks of ...

Q: Hi, I am a 31 year old female and after running two 50k's and a 75 mile stage race (all trail) in 4 weeks time I have been diagnosed with a stress fracture in my femur (mid-way - not at the neck).

Neonatal physeal fracture of the distal femur is often difficult to diagnose. Timely and accurate diagnosis and appropriate therapy are critical in order to avoid permanent morbidity and ...

The femur, your thigh bone, is the largest and strongest bone in your body. When it breaks, it takes a long time to heal. Breaking your femur can make daily tasks more difficult because it’s one ...

a stress fracture in her femur that would alter her training. <liza zoom 11;43-04 for the six weeks between the trials and the games, i did about eight miles of running.

While training for the Mercedes Marathon, Arrington unknowingly developed a stress fracture. On Feb. 17, 2020, the starting gun fired for the start of the 19th running of the Mercedes Marathon in ...

The purpose of this study was to describe and investigate FNSF in U.S. Air Force basic trainees and to present new data on risks factors for developing FNSF. We examined 47 cases of FNSF occurring ...

In Severely Comminuted Intercondylar-Supracondylar Distal Femur Fractures, Use the Device That Fits. MedGenMed 1(3), 1999 [formerly published in Medscape Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine eJournal 3 ...