This paper describes a system that assists in the planning and the performing of a surgical action, namely the corrective osteotomy of the thigh bone (femur). The cor-rective osteotomy of the thigh bone is used for changing the posture of the hip joint. During surgery, a small cross-sectional slice is cut out of the thigh bone by the use of a sawing device. Our system supports the planning phas...

A 55-year-old female presented with elastofibroma of the thigh. On presentation, she complained a palpable, painful mass on anterolateral right thigh that had been present for one year. She history surgery femur fracture. MRI, soft-tissue was seen in vastus intermedius muscle, as heterogeneous lesion streaky fatty and fibrous components. The component isointense to high signal both T1- T2-weigh...

The current study was conducted to investigate the effects of genetic and non-genetic factors on body weight and carcass traits of Japanese quails. Two strains of Japanese quail (150 wild quails and 150 white quails) were used as base population. Four mating groups were used to produce progenies: wild male × wild female, white male × wild female, wild male × white female and white male × white ...

Macromotion of the femoral component was analyzed in seven loose hips associated with six patients utilizing the manual compression and distraction test. The mean vertical and varus movement of these hips were 6.4 mm and 1.2 degrees, respectively. Out of a total 120 cementless total hip arthroplasties, there was no macromotion in the control group of six patients with moderate to severe thigh p...