Risk of atypical femoral fracture during and after bisphosphonate use Full report of a nationwide study, 2015, Open Access-This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the source is credited. Background and purpose — Use of bisphosphonates in women...

BACKGROUND The femur is the most common long bone affected by metastatic carcinoma. We report our experience regarding treatment of metastatic femoral fracture using femoral head prosthesis (FHP) or intramedullary nailing (IM nail) with augmentation by polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA). PATIENTS AND METHODS Thirty-five complete fractures in 33 patients were treated surgically. Metastatic lesions ...

BACKGROUND To evaluate the leg length discrepancy (LLD) retrospectively in adult femoral shaft fractures treated with intramedullary nailing (IMN). METHODS Sixty-three patients (58 male, 5 female; mean age 29.9+/-12.4; range 15 to 77 years) were included in the study. Fractures were identified according to the Winquist-Hansen (W) system and AO classification. 16 W0, 18 WI, 16 WII, 7 WIII, and...

a 25-year-old afghan male was presented to the emergency department with femoral shaft fracture following fall from the height. the patient was subjected to femoral nerve block and general anesthesia. first try for performing nerve block led to vascular puncture. therefore, the needle was removed and re-inserted 1 cm lateral to first puncture site and dex injected slowly with aspiration check a...