I studied the ontogenetic development of body shape and the influence of food availability on the development of body shape in hatchling striped plateau lizards (Sceloporus uirgatus) over the first seven to eight weeks of their life. Body mass showed positive growth relative to snout-vent length. Head width, head length, and femur length showed negative growth relative to snout-vent length. No ...

im: This study was performed to examine morphometric and morphological characteristics of the fovea for ligament head femur (FLHOF) on dry determine its location types.
 Material Method: FLHOF analyzed morphometrically morphologically 57 adult femora (27 right; 30 left) their digital images. Dimensions surface area were measured using a caliper bone ImageJ software images.
 Results: T...

BACKGROUND We evaluated the results of patients with traumatic femur diaphyseal fracture who had undergone biologic fixation with unreamed intramedullary nailing. METHODS Twenty-five adults with 29 traumatic femur diaphyseal fractures who had undergone unreamed intramedullary nailing at Uludag University School of Medicine, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology were included in the study...

Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a skeletal dyscrasia characterized by decreased bone strength and associated fractures. Over 95% of autosomal dominant forms of this disease are associated with defects in the genes for collagen COL1A1 and COL1A2. The lethal type II disease has been identified antenatally by symmetrically shortened long bones and micromelia. Many reports have indicated that a fem...

We present a retrospective review of a single-surgeon series of 30 consecutive lengthenings in 27 patients with congenital short femur using the Ilizarov technique performed between 1994 and 2005. The mean increase in length was 5.8 cm/18.65% (3.3 to 10.4, 9.7% to 48.8%), with a mean time in the frame of 223 days (75 to 363). By changing from a distal to a proximal osteotomy for lengthening, th...

Hip joint instability can be secondary to congenital hip pathologies like developmental dysplasia (DDH) or acquired such as sequel of infective or neoplastic process. An unstable hip is usually associated with loss of bone from the proximal femur, proximal migration of the femur, lower-extremity length discrepancy, abnormal gait, and pain. In this case series of 37 patients coming to our instit...

To see whether age-related changes in bone could predict subsequent lifespan, we measured multiple aspects of femur size and shape at 4, 15, and 24 months of age in genetically heterogeneous mice. Mice whose cortical bone became thicker from 4 to 15 months, associated with preservation of the endosteal perimeter, survived longer than mice whose endosteal cavity expanded, at the expense of corti...

.. Objective: To compare correct assessment of gestational age between Transcerebeller diameter versus femur length in third trimester (28-40) using first day of last menstrual period for actual period of gestation. Study Design: Cross-sectional descriptive study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bahawal Victoria Hospital, Bahawalpur from Jun 2012 to Dec 201...

The caudofemoralis muscle is the largest muscle that inserts onto the hindlimb of most ectothermic tetrapods, and previous studies hypothesize that it causes several movements that characterize the locomotion of vertebrates with a sprawling limb posture. Predicting caudofemoralis function is complicated because the muscle spans multiple joints with movements that vary with speed. Furthermore, d...