With intraoperative femur fractures on the rise, surgeons should aim to prevent these fractures from occurring by identifying ...

In this video from , Frank A. Liporace, MD, offered several tips and techniques for treating patients with tricky distal femur fractures.Liporace spoke about length, alignment and rotation of fixation ...

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 ...

In an eight year period, 31 patients with proximal femoral fractures resulting from sports accidents were treated by implantation of either a Gamma nail or a dynamic hip screw. Return to work or ...

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) investigations of the lower extremity revealed bilateral stress fractures in the region of the distal femur as well as the proximal and distal tibia (Figure).