Proximal femoral bone loss that is severe enough to require revision femoral arthroplasty presents constant surgical challenges, but can be effectively managed by following basic surgical principles ...

Background: Hip resurfacing arthroplasty (HRA) is considered a bone-preserving procedure and may eliminate proximal femoral stress shielding and osteolysis. However, in addition to implant-related ...

When managing proximal femoral defects during hip revisions, surgeons must decide whether to handle the case with a proximal femoral allograft or tumor prosthesis, according to an orthopedic ...

In a new study published in Engineering, Academician Yingze Zhang’s research team introduces the Proximal Femur Bionic Nail (PFBN) as a potential panacea for unstable intertrochanteric femur fractures ...

Children are sometimes born with defects of the hip joint and upper thigh bone, called proximal femoral focal deficiency, often abbreviated to PFFD. Surgical treatment, aiming to produce as functional ...

A phase Ib/III randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of tazemetostat plus doxorubicin as frontline therapy for patients with advanced epithelioid sarcoma. The outcome of vincristine, ...

In the human body, the femur, the thigh bone is one of the largest and strongest bones which extends from the hip joint all the way down to the knee joint. Being the strongest bone, a significantly ...