Femur

Introduction The lower extremity, an important part of a person’s daily lifestyle; responsible for most things related to movement, and travelling from one place to another. This region of the body includes the hip, knee, ankle, and the bones of the thigh, leg, and foot. Most people refer to the lower extremity as the leg. The leg, however, is in fact the body part situated between the knee and the joints of the ankle. Along with the hip joint, the leg, knee, ankle and foot work together in synchronised

ligament attaches on the Os Coxae Ligament 1 – connects the pelvis to the femur at the front of the joint. Ligament 2 – attaches the most forward part of the pelvis to the femur Ligament 3- attaches to the ischium and between the two trochanters of the femur. 2. What are the bones that make up the pelvic girdle It is the pair of hipbones which is made up

tranexamic acid to neck of femur fracture patients at admission and prior to surgery reduce the blood transfusion rate. Secondary aims To investigate the effect of tranexamic acid on Estimated blood loss. Length of stay. Wound complications. Post op recovery time. Null hypothesis There is no effect of tranexamic acid on blood transfusion rates, acute vascular events, length of stay, recovery and cost of treatment. Patient selection All patients admitted with neck of femur fracture to RVI will

Pathophysiological Explanation of Diagnosis The sub-trochanteric fracture, take place in the proximal region of the femur. This portion is located between the lesser trochanter and 5 cm below the distal portion of the femur. This region of the femur is made of cortical bone, as a result; the bone is denser, harder and stiffer. Consequently, the healing process is slow. This region of the femur is an area where a big number of muscles are inserted, therefore this region is exposed up to six times the body

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A 22-year-old female soccer player heard a pop while inadvertently twisting her knee during soccer practice. She states that her foot remained planted as her body twisted during a collision with a teammate. She had immediate pain and swelling in the knee. An ambulance is called and she is transported to the local emergency department. X-rays of the knee are negative for any fracture or dislocation. An MRI is ordered and representative selective cuts are shown below. The pathology demonstrated below

and studies were based on old implants and the authors recommended randomized trials with new generation Hydroxyapatite (HA) coated un-cemented implants. HA coated implants are also being used for un-cemented hemiarthroplasty for fracture neck of femur. These implants have shown comparable outcomes to the published data from cemented hemiarthroplasty (Nawaz et al., 2017). These implants have only

search of Mr Leonard Wills’ house and garden after his suicide. During the search an oil drum was uncovered, located beneath an ornamental pond. Inside the oil drum a number of black bags (4) were discovered each encompassing a skull, pelvis, and femur. The police are working with the rational that each bag contains the remnants of one person. Aims: The practical aims to establish a minimum number of individuals at the crime scene, a biological profile for each victim and the possible cause of

When a femur becomes osteoporotic, it is the outer layer of the bone around the epiphyses and diaphysis, which begins to thin. This is the compact bone. In the distal and proximal epiphyses there would also be a loss of the cancellous bone. This is where the spongy bone is. When a bone is osteoporotic, a person becomes more susceptible to suffering from a bone fracture. On an x-ray, an osteoporotic femur doesn’t look as dense as a normal femur x-ray. In some of them you

it comes to the bones of the joint. The two bones that make up the hip joint are the pelvis, also known as the hip bone, and the femur. The pelvis is the “socket” portion of what we call