Numerous options exist for the treatment of this complex injury pattern. Controversy exists as to which fracture to stabilize first and what hardware combination to use. The optimal timing of such ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In September 2018, the McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston altered its imaging protocol for acute, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Technical errors will have additive effects that can result in failures. If using a fixed-angle device, like a ...

Yes, femoral neck fracture can cause fat embolism. Fat embolism occurs primarily with long bone fractures and results from release of lipids in bone marrow into marrow sinusoids and ultimately the ...

Bipolar hemiarthroplasty (BHA) is a surgical treatment for femoral neck fractures of the hip. An artificial joint with two bearings replaces the damaged joint. The bearings allow the head to swivel ...

Long-term bisphosphonate therapy can change bones at the microscopic level to make them more susceptible to the rare catastrophic transverse breaks known as atypical femoral fractures (AFFs), ...

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have developed a breakthrough three-dimensional (3D) printing technique for generating realistic models of the human femur that could make it easier and ...