Breaking a femur is a life-changing experience. The surgery itself-intramedullary intertan femoral nail-does a great job at stabilizing the bone, but if you ask most patients, the real challenge ...

1 Department of Orthopaedics, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China 2 Engineering Research Center of Bone and Joint Precision Medicine, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China Introduction: ...

Abstract: Conventional internal bone fixation methods use titanium or stainless-steel implants which require a second or multiple surgeries for removal, increasing the risk of infection that can be ...

Department of Orthopaedics, Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center, Manila, Philippines. A Case of M.R. 12yo, male, student, admitted in our institution due to left thigh pain. He was hospitalized at 4 ...

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The multicenter study comprised 358 patients who underwent extraction of old transvenous leads using laser sheaths (n=218, group 3) in 3 centers and from a femoral approach (n=138, group 4) in 3 other ...

Here are some signs that it may be time to give your nails a break. Credit...Eric Helgas for The New York Times Supported by By Erica Sweeney Q: I keep my nails near-constantly polished, but I worry ...

In a new study published in Engineering, Academician Yingze Zhang’s research team introduces the Proximal Femur Bionic Nail (PFBN) as a potential panacea for unstable intertrochanteric femur fractures ...

With the aging population, intertrochanteric femur fractures have become a critical public health concern, prompting a surge in research focused on trauma orthopedics. Traditional internal fixation ...

1 Department of Pediatric Orthopedic, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, China 2 Department of Radiation, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, ...