Severely comminuted distal femur fractures require anatomic internal fixation for best results, but obtaining rigid fixation of the multiple fragments may be challenging or impossible using ...

“Some of the important things to look out for are consistent whether you are doing a native, distal femoral fracture or many of these things transcend to a periprosthetic distal femoral fracture ...

He was taken to a local hospital and radiographic examination revealed a right-sided (open) complex distal femur fracture with bone loss and ipsilateral (open) mid-shaft tibia and fibula fracture. The ...

Background: Up to 30% of patients suffer from long-term functional restrictions following conservative treatment of distal radius fractures. Whether duration of cast immobilisation influences ...

He was listed in critical condition and diagnosed with an open left-sided AO/OTA Type C3.3 distal femur fracture with segmental bone defect and an ipsilateral tibial shaft fracture. Spanning external ...

Here we describe a case of closed internal circumferential degloving injury of the distal thigh with a distal femur fracture treated by an innovative technique involving negative pressure therapy, ...

These fractures can complicate recovery and lead to significant challenges in treatment. Recent research has focused on various treatment options for PPFs, particularly the use of distal femoral ...

KOLOA, Hawaii — With intraoperative femur fractures on the rise ... Garbuz said to expose the distal extent of the fracture, put cerclage wires distal to the fracture and finish the preparation.

Unless your bone has been weakened (most commonly the result of osteoporosis, medication side effects or cancer), it takes quite a lot of force to sustain a femur fracture. Since this bone is so ...

The patient's growth plates were still open at the level of the proximal and distal femur. • Occurrence of a pathological fracture of the left femur in August 2023 • Closed reduction of the femoral ...