Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Orthopedic surgeons who treat pediatric patients may perform a distal femoral osteotomy when a congenital lower ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Medial patellofemoral reconstruction with derotational distal femoral osteotomy yielded favorable subjective and ...

Load-displacement curve for each femur was recorded and data analyzed for load at failure. Strength of the bones with the osteotomy was expressed as a percentage of the matched control value. The ...

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Avascular necrosis is a type of osteonecrosis resulting from a disruption in blood supply to the proximal femur and is a major complication associated with developmental hip dysplasia.

Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) is a condition where the head of the thigh bone slips off the neck of the bone at the growth plate. The growth plate is the area of cartilage at the end of the ...

Slipped capital femoral epiphysis is a condition in which the epiphysis on the femoral head is displaced posteriorly with respect to the femoral neck, altering the mechanics and articular structure of ...

Slipped capital femoral epiphysis or SCFE is the most common adolescent hip disease . It is associated with obesity and has a higher incidence among black, Hispanic and Polynesian racial groups. It ...

The extended proximal femoral osteotomy is becoming increasingly popular in revision total hip replacement. Our study was done to determine the femoral stem length required for stable fixation of a ...