A femoral fracture is a bone fracture that involves the femur. They are typically sustained in high-impact trauma, such as car crashes, due to the large...

A hip fracture is a break that occurs in the upper part of the femur (thigh bone), at the femoral neck or (rarely) the femoral head. Symptoms may include...

The femoral neck (femur neck or neck of the femur) is a flattened pyramidal process of bone, connecting the femoral head with the femoral shaft, and forming...

Femoral head fractures are very rare fractures of the upper end (femoral head) of the thigh bone (femur). They are a very rare kind of hip fracture that...

medial and posterior fascial compartments. A femoral fracture that involves the femoral head, femoral neck or the shaft of the femur immediately below...

factor for femoral neck fatigue fracture. While fibular and metatarsal fractures have a low risk of complications, other sites including the femoral neck,...

The femoral artery is a large artery in the thigh and the main arterial supply to the thigh and leg. The femoral artery gives off the deep femoral artery...

SCFE is a Salter-Harris type 1 fracture (fracture through the physis or growth plate) through the proximal femoral physis, which can be distinguished...

A Smith's fracture, is a fracture of the distal radius. Although it can also be caused by a direct blow to the dorsal forearm or by a fall with the wrist...

as the femoral head and neck. Damage to the artery following a femoral neck fracture may lead to avascular necrosis (ischemic) of the femoral neck/head...

of individuals, but "their contribution to femoral head vascularity varies. (Cerezal)" If there is a fracture of the neck of the femur, the blood supply...

A Barton's fracture is a type of wrist injury where there is a broken bone associated with a dislocated bone in the wrist, typically occurring after falling...

injuries. A fracture of the leg can be classified according to the involved bone into: Femoral fracture (in the upper leg) Crus fracture (in the lower...

The Segond fracture is a type of avulsion fracture (soft tissue structures pulling off fragments of their bony attachment) from the lateral tibial plateau...

A Hoffa fracture is an intra-articular supracondylar distal femoral fracture, characterized by a fracture in the coronal plane. It is named for Albert...

wing Femoral fracture Hip fracture (anatomically a fracture of the femur bone and not the hip bone) Patella fracture Crus fracture Tibia fracture Pilon...

The Galeazzi fracture is a fracture of the distal third of the radius with dislocation of the distal radioulnar joint. It classically involves an isolated...

biomechanical classification for femoral neck fractures, and is still in use. An increasing angle leads to a more unstable fracture and an increase in the shear...

in other joints, such as a slipped capital femoral epiphysis in the hip. This is a Salter I or II fracture with the deforming forces directed through...

intracapsular fracture is a bone fracture located within the joint capsule. Examples of intracapsular fractures includes: In the hip: Fractures of the femoral head...

front of the knee and often occurs as a dashboard injury accompanied by a fracture of the femur. The acetabulum is a cavity situated on the outer surface...

or in some hip fractures. A total hip replacement (total hip arthroplasty) consists of replacing both the acetabulum and the femoral head while hemiarthroplasty...

split by the opposing femoral condyle, which remains intact. The knee anatomy provides insight into predicting why certain fracture patterns occur more...

stress fractures, anterior tibial fractures are more likely to progress to complete fracture of the tibia and displacement. Superior femoral neck stress...

system of categorizing subtrochanteric hip fractures based on the fracture pattern of the proximal femoral shaft. The classification was developed by...

dysplasia. Hip dislocations are classified by fracture association and by the positioning of the dislocated femoral head. A posteriorly positioned head is the...

osteochondral impaction fracture. A depth greater than 1.5 mm is a reliable sign of a torn ACL. Pao, D. G. (2001). "The lateral femoral notch sign". Radiology...

medially alongside the deep femoral artery before emptying into the femoral vein. The deep femoral vein drains into the femoral vein at approximately the...

Gholamrezanezhad, Ali (2019-06-22). "Prayer's fracture: rare cases of knee insufficiency fracture in non-weight-bearing femoral condyle". Clinical Imaging. 58: 80–83...

use of Thomas splint for the initial treatment of femoral fractures reduced mortality of open fractures of the femur from 87% to less than 8% in the period...