Feb. 26 (UPI) --Hip fractures don't have to stop a person from living independently, even as they age, a new study says. One year after the fracture, only three percent of hip surgery patients between ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Statistics show approximately 38,000 cases of periprosthetic distal femur fractures were treated in 2005, ...

A team of orthopedic surgeons from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has found that modern technology for healing distal femur fractures is as safe and effective as its ...

New research highlights a novel bone anabolic agent that, when injected, intravenously reduces femur fracture healing time by 60 percent without impacting the surrounding healthy tissue. There are ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Despite higher interfragmentary strains placed on distal femur fractures when weight-bearing during early ...

Hip fractures are a common and disabling condition that occurs more than 300,000 times each year in the United States in those 65 and older—1.6 million times worldwide. A new study from Penn Medicine, ...

She continued on, although her pain was intensifying. “Discomfort during running is normal, expected and tolerated by most all runners,” said Arrington, a nurse in perioperative services for more than ...