Knee replacement surgery is a last resort ... “That’s similar to what we do with the femur (thigh bone), tibia (shin bone) and patella (kneecap). We remove about 9 millimeters of the surface ...

In the surgery that Landis reportedly plans to have this fall, doctors will likely replace the end of the crumbling thigh bone with a smooth, artificial tip. They will then remove the old ...

Senator Richard Blumenthal is on the mend after surgery for a fractured femur was "successful." The politician, 77, sustained a small break in his upper leg while attending a victory parade for ...

The rooster, which fell from a tree, suffered injuries on its thigh. C. Meril Raj, Veterinary Assistant Surgeon, who performed the surgery along with surgeon Guruswamy termed it as a pneumatic bone ...

They also noted that denser bone that formed the hip joint, above the femur, experienced very little bone loss, strongly suggesting that the bone loss in the femur was most likely due to the ...

We measured bone mineral content (BMC) and bone area at the lumbar spine, total body, and proximal femur. Proximal femur scans were also analysed for bone geometry and structural strength using the ...