BACKGROUND Several systemic factors and hormones are thought to regulate the fracture healing process. Vitamin D has emerged as a compound or hormone that actively participates in the regulation of calcium homeostasis and bone metabolism. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study is to determine the serum changes in the level of vitamin D during the acute healing period of tibial and femoral shaft fra...

We present the case of an insufficiency fracture of the femoral shaft in a 61-year-old man who had received bisphosphonate therapy to reduce the fracture risk from lytic renal cell carcinoma metastases to the spine. Approximately 1.5 years after beginning monthly intravenous infusions of zoledronic acid (Zometa), the patient complained of persistent thigh pain. Radionuclide bone scan showed mil...

Background: This study evaluates submuscular locked plate in the pediatric femoral shaft fractures at the age from 6 to 12 years old. Methods: A prospective study was done on 30 patients with fracture shaft femur. 18 of them were males and 12 of them were females. Fixation of all cases was done with a submuscular locked plate using the cluster technique. Results: All fractures healed within 6 w...

Femoral shaft fractures are very common following trauma in adults and sometimes the patient may have an ipsilateral neck of femur too. Unfortunately, be missed. The challenge lies detecting properly managing fracture presence a femoral fracture. We share our experience treating 5 patients with discuss learning points regards to diagnosis treatment this condition.International Journal Human Hea...

BACKGROUND Femoral shaft fracture is the most common major paediatric orthopaedic. For generations traction and casting was the standard treatment for all femoral shaft fractures in children. Over the past two decades the advantages of fixation and rapid mobilisation have been increasingly recognised. METHODS A prospective study was conducted in five private hospitals in the district of Banku...

Paget's disease of bone-often causes pathological fracture,' though Paget made no mention of this complication in his original treatise. Multiple fractures may occur, and some measure of their incidence may be gauged from a series of femoral fractures secondary to Paget's disease described by Barry.-: Thirteen out of 73 patients had two femoral fractures, and four had at intervals sustained thr...

We report retrospective and prospective studies to identify the causes of fracture of the femoral neck associated with femoral shaft nailing on the same side. Of a total of 14 neck fractures in a series of 152 shaft nailings, eight were not visible on the initial pelvic radiographs. We used CT scans before and after operation, and fluoroscopy during the procedure in our prospective series, and ...

We did a prospective study of 20 cases on treatment of fracture shaft of femur in children by Ender's nail. The average duration of hospital stay was 9 days. Femoral shaft fractures in children can be operatively treated with excellent results and a decreased complication rate. Operation results in shorter hospitalization which has psychological, social, educational, and economic advantages ove...

Objectives: In this study we aimed to present our treatment results of intramedullary nailing of femoral shaft fractures with compressive nailing using proximal static hole and only distal dynamic hole with one screw. Methods: Forty-three patients who had a fracture of the femoral shaft were managed between 2005 and 2008 with intramedullary nailing and the use of only one screw for distal inter...