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 ...

March 25, 2010 (UPDATED March 30, 2010) — Subtrochanteric and diaphyseal femur fractures are rare, even with bisphosphonate use for up to 10 years, according to the results of an analysis of 3 ...

Depending on how close to the hip the break is, it may be called a hip fracture instead of a femur fracture. Broken femur diagnosis. In most cases, ... Oblique fracture. The break has an angled line.

A 90-year-old woman presented to the ED after sustaining a ground-level fall onto her right knee earlier in the day.Her medical history is significant for atrial fibrillation on apixaban ...

May 25, 2012 — The incidence of atypical femur fractures has increased during the past decade, and this increased risk is associated with bisphosphonate use, according to a recent study ...

Of note, there was a coronal plane fracture line in the lateral condyle and the metaphyseal fracture line was oblique with an apex at the proximal aspect of the medial distal femur. Figure 1.

Comparing incomplete atypical femur fractures in patients with or without bisphosphonate treatment: radiography and bone morphology in a retrospective study of 19 cases, Acta Orthopaedica, 96 ...

Femur fractures. As the strongest bone in your body, your femur can support as much as 30 times your body weight. ... Oblique fracture: When you break the femur bone at an angle.

They identified 4,973 subtrochanteric/femoral shaft fractures among Danish adults older than 50 from 2010 to 2015, performing blinded central review of radiographs and identifying 189 as being ...