Femur

infection from the open fracture. Immobilizing the injured leg will help to prevent causing more damage to the soft tissue around the break. Immobilization may also keep from causing injury to the femoral artery which could be fatal. Keeping the femur as still as possible after the break may also help doctors realign the bone for setting and reduce healing time. Any bone fracture is considered a risk for developing osteomyelitis; however, J.R. is at an increased risk for developing…

active and passive range of motion. The gamma angle is most powerful predictive parameter of postoperative range of motion of the knee. Conclusions: The alignment of the component set into the kinematic alignment of the knee: internal rotation of femur implant with good gamma angle in sagittal plane will assure better clinical outcome; ROM and scores. Coronal alignments of component (valgus or varus) were weak predictive…

I am a born football player. I have the sport my entire life. I dreamed day and night of one day becoming a college football player. Until one day that dream got put to a halt. I woke up one cool fall day in October. It was also the day of our semifinal football playoffs. My dream of becoming a college football player was looking amazing. I had two or three division one colleges offering me scholarships to play let alone the twenty or so division two and three schools. All I had to do was pick…

twins Jay and Zeke were seriously injured by their teen parents. One of the twins Jay, suffered the most that doctors didn’t even know if he would live. He had very severe brain damage, his spinal cord was injured, bleeding in the brain and two broken femurs. Jay had to have two brain surgeries. There is a scar on his scalp that remains and you are able to tell the twins apart. His injuries from his medical records list, “Shaken Baby Syndrome and “Victim of child abuse” as a reason for the…

1. Introduction The second trimester scan is a routine ultrasound examination in many countries that is primarily used to assess fetal anatomy and detect the presence of any fetal anomalies. The second trimester extends from 13 weeks and 0 days to 27 weeks and 6 days of gestation although the majority of these studies are performed between 18 and 23 weeks. (Chudleigh & Thilaganathan, 2004) 2. Patient’s history The patient is a 31 year old pregnant female, with unsure dates of her last menstrual…

Recent research declares knee injuries as one of the most common injuries observed in sports.(1/1) Knee injuries stand out as one of the most prevalent injuries to occur in American football.(2/3) Knee injuries often result in surgery or discontinued practice for an extended period of time, which has the potential to be harmful to an athlete’s career. In hopes of reducing the incidence of knee injury, sports medicine professionals created prophylactic knee braces. Initially made with the intent…

P1 the structure and function of the skeletal system The structure of the skeletal system is very diverse and complex, made up of many different components that all work together to perform certain functions, without these individual components the whole body would fail to work efficiently when attempting to preform even the easiest of tasks. Structure of skeletal system One vital section is the axial skeleton this is the component of the skeleton that consists of the bones of the head and…

reduction of the complications of implant failures. The occurrence of severe skeletal loss requires the stability provided by polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA). In a biomechanical study which investigated the treatment of osteoporotic trochanteric patients, femurs which had the lowest bone density showed a significant improvement in the initial fixation stability and total displacement of the femoral head was reduced by 39% on average in the group with the modified sliding hip screw (SHS) and PMMA…

Abstract Hip fractures configure an important public health issue and most common, serious musculo-skeletal injury to affect the elderly population. Hip fractures refer to a fracture occurring betweenthe edge of the femoral head and 5 cm below the lesser trochanter and this typ of fracteres are very painful and need immediateadequate analgesia. Approximately 80 000 hip fractures occur each year in the UK with an estimated annual associated cost of £2 billion. The annual burden of hip fractures…

When i get home everything is ready for me. We rode around the trails for around a hour I was getting the hang of it. then I tried to hit a small jump but instead I hit a tree. The impact threw me off the bike twisting my leg and breaking my right femur. My brother had to carry me out of the woods and call an ambulance. I was in the hospital for a week and had to have an external fixator put on my leg which is basically a bunch of needles holding everything together. I barely remember my time…