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Morphometric parameters of the distal end of the femur and their influence on the knee joint [PDF]

Medicinski Podmladak, 2022
Introduction: The femur is a long pair of bones and it consists of the proximal, distal end and body. The distal end carries the medial and lateral condyle (condylus medialis et lateralis), the intercondylar fossa and line (linea et fossa intercondylaris)
Valčić Vanja, Jakovljević Maša, Varda Jovan, Mališ Miloš   +3 more
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Complication of Early Application of One and a Half Hip Spica for Femoral Shaft Fractures in Children below Six Years in a Tertiary Care Hospital: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2021
Introduction: Hip spica with or without prior traction has become a standard treatment for closed isolated femoral shaft fracture in children below six years. The time of hip spica application is not uniform in the existing literature.
Poojan Kumar Rokaya, Mangal Rawal, Tufan Singh Kathayat, Abhishek Kumar Thakur, Monika Lama, Ramu Maharjan   +5 more
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Rotationplasty Salvage Procedure as an Effective Alternative to Femoral Amputation in an Adult With a History of Osteosarcoma: A Case Report and Review

Frontiers in Surgery, 2022
Rotationplasty or Borggreve-Van Ness surgery is lower limb salvage surgery, indicated mainly in the management of femoral bone sarcoma and congenital femur malformations in children.
Jean Gaillard, Alban Fouasson-Chailloux, Dominique Eveno, Guillaume Bokobza, Marta Da Costa, Romain Heidar, Marie Pouedras, Christophe Nich, Christophe Nich, François Gouin, Vincent Crenn, Vincent Crenn   +11 more
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Imaging Pitfall in the Pediatric Knee: Irregular Epiphyseal Ossification at the Femoral Condyle

Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology, 2021
Teaching point: Age-related variability in endochondral ossification of the femoral condyles in children is a normal variant of skeletal maturation and should not be misdiagnosed as osteochondritis dissecans or any other epiphyseal abnormality.
Frederiek Laloo, Marcela De La Hoz Polo, Saira Haque   +2 more
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Epidemiology and mortality of pelvic and femur fractures—a nationwide register study of 417,840 fractures in Sweden across 16 years: diverging trends for potentially lethal fractures

Acta Orthopaedica, 2021
Background and purpose — Fractures of the pelvis and femur are serious and potentially lethal injuries affecting primarily older, but also younger individuals.
Natalie Lundin, T. Huttunen, A. Enocson, Alejandro I. Marcano, L. Felländer-Tsai, H. Berg   +5 more
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Atypical Femur Fracture Risk versus Fragility Fracture Prevention with Bisphosphonates.

New England Journal of Medicine, 2020
BACKGROUND Bisphosphonates are effective in reducing hip and osteoporotic fractures. However, concerns about atypical femur fractures have contributed to substantially decreased bisphosphonate use, and the incidence of hip fractures may be increasing ...
D. Black, Erik J. Geiger, R. Eastell, E. Vittinghoff, Bonnie H Li, Denison S. Ryan, R. Dell, A. Adams   +7 more
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Hominin lower limb bones from Sterkfontein Caves, South Africa (1998–2003 excavations)

South African Journal of Science, 2021
We describe late Pliocene and early Pleistocene hominin fossils from Sterkfontein Caves (South Africa), including two femoral specimens, as well as a partial tibia and a partial fibula.
Travis Rayne Pickering, Jason L. Heaton, Ron J. Clarke, Dominic Stratford, A.J. Heile   +4 more
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Correlation of Bone Strength in an Animal Model (Rabbit) After Fracture and During the Period of Fixation with a Titanium Micro Plate

Acta Veterinaria, 2022
The period of bone healing after trauma goes through certain physiological processes. In situations where a bone fracture occurs, our intention is to surgically position in an appropriate morpho-anatomical position.
Dučić Risto, Prokić Bogomir Bolka, Hadži-Milić Milan, Krstić Nikola, Todorović Vera, Radmanović Nikola, Đorđević Maja, Daković Marko, Hamzagić Farah, Pajić Srbislav   +9 more
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Non-neoplastic indications and outcomes of the proximal and distal femur megaprosthesis: a critical review

Knee Surgery and Related Research, 2020
Purpose Megaprosthesis or endoprosthetic replacement of the proximal and distal femur is a well-established modality for treatment of tumors. The indications for megaprosthesis have been expanded to the treatment of some non-neoplastic conditions of the ...
Raju Vaishya, S. Thapa, A. Vaish
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The Impact of Different Environments on Productive Performance, Welfare, and the Health of Muscovy Ducks during the Summer Season

Agriculture, 2023
The objective of this research was to evaluate the influence of the housing system (deep litter [DL] vs. deep litter with swimming pond [DLSP]) on productive performance, carcass traits, body temperature, blood profile, and the element composition of the
Ondřej Krunt, Lukáš Zita, Adam Kraus, Kateřina Vejvodová, Ondřej Drábek, Jiří Kuře, Eva Chmelíková   +6 more
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