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).

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 ...

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 ...

Merck pointed out that Fosamax and other drugs in its class, known as bisphosphonates, have been shown to decrease the risk of a type of femur fractures common in patients with osteoporosis.

The potential consequence of running with a femoral stress fracture is a complete break of the bone, which would be a very serious injury.-- Cathy Fieseler, MD.

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.

Right after I qualified for Paris, I found out that I had a stress fracture in my femur. This meant I wasn’t allowed to run in the 6 weeks leading up to the games.

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 ...