The femoral shaft supports your body weight and forms your thigh structure. This hollow portion of the bone is about 1 1/2 inches thick and has a rounded shape on either end.

We reviewed 284 records for hip or femur fractures among 14,195 women in these trials. A total of 12 fractures in 10 patients were classified as occurring in the subtrochanteric or diaphyseal ...

Antiresorptive Drugs and the Risk of Femoral Shaft Fracture in Men and Women With Osteoporosis: A Cohort Study Using the National Database of Health Insurance Claims of Japan, Journal of ...

Thin-cut CT (1.3-mm cuts) imaging at initial presentation and AP radiograph immediately postoperatively from retrograde IM nailing of the femoral shaft with no evidence of femoral neck fracture ...

Up to 30% of femoral shaft fractures in children younger than 4 years is attributable to child abuse, and the most common cause of femur fractures in the nonambulatory infant is nonaccidental trauma.

by Richard F. Kyle, MD Inserting an intramedullary rod is a vital and effective management approach to treating femoral shaft fractures, but there are tips and tricks a surgeon should follow to ...

Femoral bone tissue from women with AFFs treated with bisphosphonates for 6-8 years was harder and more mineralized than bone from bisphosphonate-treated women with typical osteoporotic fractures ...

Femoral shaft fracture treatment was revolutionized in 1940 with the introduction of femoral nailing. Kuntscher [ 1 ] pioneered this technique to enable early mobilization of patients who had long ...

Methods Anterior-posterior pelvic x-rays were evaluated for femoral neck shaft angle; acetabular index, and width at the lateral acetabulum, and the superior and lateral aspects of the greater ...