Your femur connects many important muscles, tendons, and ligaments in your hips and knees to the other parts of your body, including parts of the circulatory system. More than that, it helps you carry ...

A new International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) position paper reviews experimental and clinical evidence showing that hip bone strength estimated by bone mineral density (BMD) and/or finite element ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Locked intramedullary nailing is the gold standard for treating femoral shaft fractures. Union rates are ...

Mechanical engineers designed a 3D-printed femur that could help doctors prepare for surgeries to repair bones and develop treatments for bone tumors. The study, which focused on the middle section of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Although modern femoral components have generally exhibited excellent survivorship regardless of cementless or ...

Credit: Getty Images 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 ...