We studied the morphology of the contralateral femur in 10 patients with subcapital fractures, 10 with trochanteric fractures and 10 with unilateral osteoarthritis. We found that the patients with trochanteric fractures had a significantly shorter femoral neck (4.5 +/- 0.5 cm) than patients with subcapital fractures or osteoarthritis (5.4 +/- 0.4 cm). It may be that this difference in femoral n...

OBJECTIVE to investigate the management and outcome of patients with advanced cancer who sustain fractures of the neck of femur. DESIGN multi-centre, prospective, observational study. SUBJECTS patients with advanced malignancy, under the care of a palliative care team, who subsequently fractured a femur. OUTCOME MEASURES survival time post-fracture, return home. RESULTS 40 patients were...

ABSTRACT Cannulated screw fixation is a widely accepted surgical method for management of fractures of the neck of femur especially in patients with poor premorbid conditions, minimally displaced fractures and those from a younger age group. A five year retrospective study was carried out in 53 consecutive patients between 2006 to 2010 to determine the pattern of injuries, management, outcomes ...

PURPOSE We aimed to evaluate the outcome of fixation with cannulated screws for valgus impacted femoral neck fractures in patients over 70 years of age. MATERIALS AND METHODS We reviewed the outcome in 33 patients older than 70 years with valgus impacted femoral neck fractures who were treated with cannulated screws fixation from May 2007 to December 2010. These patients were followed for at ...

The aim is to compare the strain pattern in intact and resurfaced femurs using validated third-generation composite femurs and rosette strain gauges. The rosette strain gauges were applied to an intact and a resurfaced third-generation composite femur at three sites: the narrowest part of the lateral surface of the neck, the narrowest part of the medial surface of the neck, and the medial surfa...