Surgeon recommends nailing or plating of periprosthetic fractures of the knee Type 3 fractures can be managed with a constrained insert and stemmed femoral revision implant, which may be done with ...

Uncemented hip replacement surgery uses implants with roughened surfaces designed to allow the patient's bone to grow ...

Investigators of this study found less-invasive locked plate fixation and unrestricted weight-bearing immediately afterward was safe and practical for the treatment of patients with periprosthetic ...

The team examined medical records of 95 patients who underwent surgery to repair distal femoral fractures. Though relatively uncommon in the general population, an increase in the number of these ...

In the first case, the agreement says Denenny used a locking plate in a femur fracture surgery for Patient 1 when he should have used an "intramedullary nail or sliding hip screw." ...

Writing on his personal blog, Caldwell announced that "surgery went well. It was a fracture of the femur that they secured with a plate. A fairly common break." The 25-year-old now hopes that his ...