The aim of this study was to assess the influence of bone mineral density and hip geometry on the fragility fracture of femoral neck and trochanteric region. There were 95 menopausal females of age ≥ 50 years with fragility fracture of hip, including 55 cases of femoral neck fracture and 40 cases of trochanteric fracture. Another 63 non-fractured females with normal bone mineral density (BMD) w...

In this thesis we evaluated two different hip arthroplasty concepts trough in vitro studies and numerical analyses. The cortical strains in the femoral neck area were increased by 10 to 15 % after insertion of a resurfacing femoral component compared to values of the intact femur, shown in an in vitro study on human cadaver femurs. There is an increased risk of femoral neck fracture after hip r...

BACKGROUND Total hip arthroplasty (THA) is a common last-resort treatment for hip disease, but postoperative patients often complain of discrepancies in leg length. This study introduces a device designed to increase the precision of the femoral neck osteotomy and reduce the incidence of leg length discrepancy. METHODS Forty-eight patients undergoing THA were divided into two groups, with and...

We followed prospectively 69 patients with 78 proximal femoral allografts performed for revision of total hip arthroplasty for an average of 36 months (range 29 to 68). Large fragment proximal femoral allografts and cortical strut allografts were successful in 85%. Grafts smaller than 3 cm in length (calcar grafts) were clinically successful in 81%, but 50% underwent significant radiographic re...

AIMS Vascular complications associated with femoral artery access for interventional cardiological procedures may increase morbidity especially in patients receiving anticoagulants, aspirin, ticlopidine and platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor inhibitors. The use of radial arterial access has the potential to reduce the incidence of access site bleeding complications. The purpose of this stu...

Abstract This article discusses the incidence, applied anatomy and classification of paediatric femoral fractures based on critical appraisal available evidence. The aim is to identify techniques that are relevant contemporary practice whilst excluding technical details individual procedures beyond scope this review. Injuries proximal, diaphyseal distal segments considered individually as there...

Standard-length porous-coated tapered femoral stems perform exceedingly well in primary total hip arthroplasty (THA) at long-term follow-up. Nevertheless, there are multiple reasons to strongly consider the relatively new concept of short tapered stems. First, there is already a wide variation in the lengths of "standard" components and the ideal length is unknown. The goal of tapered stems is ...

conclusions we advocate that unream nailing in traumatic femoral shaft fractures is a simple, safe and effective procedure with significant advantages, especially in multitrauma patients. patients and methods between january 2008 and august 2009, 50 patients with femoral shaft fractures were treated with unreamed or reamed femoral nails in our clinic. from this prospective single centre study, ...