Severely comminuted distal femur fractures require anatomic internal fixation for best results, but obtaining rigid fixation of the multiple fragments may be challenging or impossible using ...

Ideally, the whole femur or tibia is to be collected to study cortical and trabecular bone. Cortical bone analysis is performed on the mid diaphyseal shaft or a region 1-2 mm from the distal or ...

In 33 knees the uptake was localised to only one bone compartment, in 10 knees diffuse uptake was found in two of the bones forming the knee joint, and in six knees all three bone compartments (the ...

Apple Health can assess recovery following lower extremity trauma surgery, such as tibial plateau, distal femur and femoral shaft fractures. The study used certain Apple Health mobility parameters ...

A distal pancreatectomy is the removal of the end of the pancreas while leaving the pancreatic head attached. It is performed to treat pancreatic cancer localized in the end of the pancreas, but may ...