Objective This study aimed to measure bone mineral density (BMD) of the lumber spine and femur regions in healthy adult Kuwaiti women, and to evaluate the influence of body size on BMD results. Methods Bone mass measurement was performed by dualenergy X-ray absorptiometry at the lumbar spine (L2-L4) and femur (four regions) of healthy ambulatory Kuwaiti females aged between 20 and 80 years. Bod...

It is recommended that full-length femoral radiographs should be obtained in patients presenting with a femoral neck fracture and a co-existent history of malignancy. Over a two-year period, we identified 133 (47 males, 86 females) patients admitted with a femoral neck fracture and a co-existent history of malignant disease, representing 6.5% of all femoral neck fractures admitted within this t...

Introduction: Neck shaft angle of femur (NSA) and body mass index (BMI) are important determinants of fracture neck femur which is considered to be a health burden of our society. Methods: In this study fifty people aged more than fifty years were selected consecutively after interview and examination in department of Radio diagnosis, Medical College, Kolkata. Neck shaft angle was measured on t...

The authors performed a cadaveric study to evaluate the efficacy of multiple fluoroscopic projections in detecting intra-articular penetration of the screws during femoral neck fracture fixation and also to determine the most suitable radiographic projection. Models of intra-articular penetration in 8 normal proximal femur specimens were created by placing the pins in different quadrants of the...