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Femur Trauma Abstracts (8)
Abstracts on femur fractures from proceedings of orthopaedic meetings & societies

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Evaluation of Knee Pain after Retrograde Femoral Nailing

Location: http://www.hwbf.org/ota/am/ota98/otapo/OTP98005.htm

OTA Paper 1998: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the subjective and objective incidence of knee pain after retrograde management of femoral shaft fractures and compare these results with patients managed by traditional antegrade management.
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Femoral Fractures

Location: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/444926_7

Medscape 2002. Reports from the OTA Conference. Features reports on arthroscopically assisted retrograde nailing of femur fractures in adults and treatment of femoral shaft fractures in children
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Femoral Fractures

Location: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/418871

Medscape 2000 Report from the Vail Orthopaedics Symposium features
1. Indirect Reduction of the Femur
2. Retrograde and antegrade nailing
3. Supracondylar Femur Fractures
4. Current Treatment of Femoral Neck Fractures
5. Current Technique: Use of Hemiarthroplasty in Femoral Neck Fractures
6. Classification and Treatment of Intertrochanteric Fractures
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Femoral Nailing in the Obese Patient

Location: http://www.hwbf.org/ota/am/ota04/otapa/OTA04953.htm

OTA paper 2004: The Agony of Antegrade Nailing
The purpose of this investigation was to compare obese to non-obese patients with regard to femoral shaft fracture characteristics, results of antegrade vs. retrograde femoral nailing, and clinical outcomes.
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Femoral Nails

Location: http://www.medcompare.com/matrix/1418/Femoral-IM-Nails.html

Medcompare This site offers "comparison shopping" for a large variety of implants, instruments and supplies
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Femoral Shaft Fractures

Location: http://www.rcsed.ac.uk/fellows/lvanrensburg/Femoral.htm

Full text of article ? thesis from Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Very full treatment of this subject
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Femoral Shaft Fractures

Location: http://som.flinders.edu.au/FUSA/ORTHOWEB/notebook/trauma/femurfractures.html#fsf

Flinders Registrars' Notebook: Revision notes on this topic
Mechanism
Classification
Related Injuries
Treatment
Prognosis
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Femoral Shaft Fractures in children

Location: http://www.hwbf.org/ota/bfc/routt/exp.htm

Chip Rout: OTA Basic Fracture Course Femoral shaft fractures in children are a little difficult to deal with, especially if you are taking care of them sporadically and especially when they are associated with polytrauma. Expert
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Femur Fractures and Vascular Injury in Blunt Trauma

Location: http://www.hwbf.org/ota/am/ota04/otapo/OTP04065.htm

OTA paper 2004: The purpose of this study was to identify any pattern of vascular injury that correlates with the level of femur fracture and to assess our treatment algorithm for these complex injuries.
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Femur Injuries and Fractures eMedicine

Location: http://www.emedicine.com/sports/topic38.htm

The spectrum of femoral shaft fractures is wide and ranges from nondisplaced stress fractures to fractures associated with severe comminution and significant soft tissue injury. Femoral shaft fractures are generally caused by high-energy forces and are often associated with multisystem trauma. Isolated injuries can occur with repetitive stress and may...
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Focal Osteolysis at the Junctions of a Three-Piece Modular Femoral Intramedullary Nail

Location: http://www.hwbf.org/ota/am/ota98/otapa/OTA98502.htm

OTA poster/paper 1998 The etiology of the radiographic findings of osteolysis and periosteal reaction is not specifically known, but the presence of corrosion products at the taper junctions suggests particulate debris as a factor. There was an association between the radiographic abnormalities (osteolysis and periosteal reaction) and thigh pain and elevated...
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Functional Outcome and Time Course of Recovery after Femur Fracture

Location: http://www.hwbf.org/ota/am/ota04/otapa/OTA04955.htm

OTA paper 2004: Does Knee Pain Matter?
This study was performed to assess the time course of functional recovery and to compare pain at the knee, thigh, buttock, and groin with functional outcome scores 6 months after isolated femur fractures.
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  • Chris Oliver