Hip fractures are one of the most common injuries which present to an orthopaedic surgeon. Most of these cases are unilateral .Bilateral simultaneous femur neck fracture is a rare occurrence. We report a case of a bilateral neck femur fracture in a 30 year male following a generalized tonic clonic seizure in view of its rarity and also to increase the awareness of such rare injuries. The patien...

background: the salvage proximal femoral osteotomy is performed in mild or moderate osteoarthritis when the articulating surfaces are normal and relieves the subject’s pain. because the importance of angular mal-alignment of the femur bone at the hip junction accurate pre-op planning based on patient specific anatomy is required to prevent any lower limb misalignment and joint problem pre-opera...

background: osteoporosis is a disabling disease characterized by compromised bone strength, which predisposes a patient to increased risk of fracture. the aim of this study was evaluation the pattern of bone mass in iranian healthy population. methods: the study was performed between december 2000 and may 2001 on one thousand three healthy iranian sub jects who currently live in tehran. they we...

background: the aim of the present study was to evaluate the relationship between the bone density of various regions of jaws and skeletal bones. materials and methods: a total of 110 patients with a mean age of 55.01 ± 10.77 years were selected for the purpose of the present descriptive study. dual x-ray energy absorptiometry (dxa) was carried out to determine bone mineral density (bmd) of the...

neglected, untreated and delayed femur neck fractures are commonly encountered and the treatment dilemma arises especially when the patient is physiologically young and osteosynthesis is the preferred option. controversy exists in the current literature as the various head salvage surgeries like valgus subtrochanteric osteotomy, non-vascularized fibular bone grafting, muscle pedicle bone grafti...

The distal end of the femur traditionally encompasses the lower third of this bone. This zone varies greatly in the literature, from the distal 7.6 cm to the distal 15 cm of the femur. This chapter deals only with fractures that involve the supracondylar (metaphyseal) or intercondylar (epiphyseal) areas of the distal end of the femur. Distal femoral fractures that are purely diaphyseal are disc...

Epiphysiolysis is an uncommon injury which is fraught with complications. Completely separated physeal fractures of distal femur invariably need osteosynthesis with open reduction and fixation to prevent redisplacement. We evaluated 15 patients prospectively until their skeletal maturity to assess the complications in distal femur epiphysiolysis. Clinically puckered sign indicates irreducibilit...