A 54-year-old man with a past medical history of type 1 diabetes mellitus, heart failure and renal transplant presented to the ED after having a mechanical fall resulting in pain, deformity to the ...

Neonatal physeal fracture of the distal femur is often difficult to diagnose. ... X-rays of the lower extremities demonstrated a displaced distal femoral physeal (Salter type 1) ...

An 82-year-old woman with a medical history of diabetes mellitus type 2 (most recent hemoglobin A1c of 10.3%), atrial fibrillation (on apixaban) and hypothyroidism presented to our ED with left ...

About 5 percent of Salter-Harris fractures are type 1. Type 2 This fracture occurs when the growth plate is hit and splits away from the joint along with a small piece of the bone shaft.

1.Proximal Femur Fractures. Proximal femur fractures also known as hip fractures include the uppermost part of the thigh bone directly adjacent to the joint of the hip. These fractures are further ...

Patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) are at higher risk for fracture, according to study results presented at the World Congress on Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases held ...

We reviewed 284 records for hip or femur fractures among 14,195 women in these trials. A total of 12 fractures in 10 patients were classified as occurring in the subtrochanteric or diaphyseal ...

Merck pointed out that Fosamax and other drugs in its class, known as bisphosphonates, have been shown to decrease the risk of a type of femur fractures common in patients with osteoporosis.

Canadians who have experienced an atypical femur fracture can join the registry by emailing osteoporosis(at)uhn.on.ca or by calling 416-340-4843. CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices ...