What's the difference between femur and intertrochanteric?
Femur
Definition:
(n.) The thigh bone.
(n.) The proximal segment of the hind limb containing the thigh bone; the thigh. See Coxa.
Example Sentences:
(1) The incidence of femur fracture in non-cemented hip arthroplasty has been reported to be between 4.1% and 27.8%.
(2) The patient had experienced repeated spontaneous fractures for 1.5 years such as serial rib fractures, fractures of the sternum and most recently fracture of the neck of the femur after a minimal trauma.
(3) has been measured in 67 consective cases of fracture of the proximal femur.
(4) Implants and femurs from both Cl2MBP groups had a higher ash content than controls, but uptake of the two isotopes was not affected.
(5) The biomechanical strength of femur of adult rats was tested after immobilization for 9 weeks and remobilization for 12 weeks of 1 hind leg.
(6) The variations of the elastic properties and the density around the circumference of both the immature osteopetrotic femur and the unaffected femur were found to be similar to those previously measured on normal adult bovine femora.
(7) The rib was the most frequent site of the former; the distal femur, of the latter.
(8) A woman in labor and not wearing a seat belt sustained multiple fractures of the pelvis and femur while in an automobile accident.
(9) Whereas all extant vertical clingers and leapers share certain femoral traits (i.e., long femur, proximally restricted trochanters, ventrally raised patellar articular surface), Galagidae and Tarsiidae share features of the proximal femur (i.e., cylindrical head, large posterior expansion of articular surface onto the neck) that clearly distinguish them from the specialized leapers of the Malagasy Republic (Indriidae and Lepilemur).
(10) The ceramic sections, approximately 15.3 mg, were implanted into both proximal femurs of 10 male and 10 female albino SW rats.
(11) We successfully applied it in the treatment of eight fractures of the shafts of the femur or tibia which would not unite because of infection, soft tissue interposition or gross incongruity of fragments.
(12) For stage III of the disease different osteotomies of the proximal femur are recommended.
(13) In 13 growing pigs (mini-pigs) all veins draining the head of femur were ligated intra-abdominally.
(14) Changes in radiostrontium clearance (SrC) and bone formation (tetracycline labeling) were observed in the femurs of skeletally mature dogs following the various operative steps involved in bone screw fixation.
(15) Furthermore, the femurs of the CT-deficient rats were narrower at midshaft and shorter, indicating reduced bone growth.
(16) This revision rod, used temporarily, is interlocked in the distal healthy part of the femur.
(17) However, cerclage wiring has a statistically significant effect (p less than 0.025) on the ability of the fractured femur to withstand increased load.
(18) Four methyl methacrylate bone substitutes were investigated in bilateral multiple bone defects in the femurs of five rhesus monkeys and five mongrel dogs.
(19) Thyroxine complementation in TX or TPTX mothers induced a normalization of the fetal percentage of ash in both cases; a trend towards an increased value was observed in the percentage of ash of fetal femurs.
(20) Both lower limbs were abnormal: the left had a single slender long bone articulating with the foot, which was markedly dorsiflexed and had only 2 toes; on the right the femur was angulated, the fibula was absent, and only 4 metatarsals were present with 4 toes.
Intertrochanteric
Definition:
(a.) Between the trochanters of the femur.
Example Sentences:
(1) Major arterial injuries are uncommon complications of intertrochanteric hip fractures.
(2) This paper describes a simple linear intertrochanteric osteotomy which aims to centre the femoral head correctly in the acetabulum.
(3) 42 patients were available for a follow-up study, 12 subtrochanteric fractures (mean age 58.5 years) and 30 intertrochanteric fractures (mean age 73 years).
(4) In high dislocaitons shortening osteotomies should not be done in the intertrochanteric region but deeper in the shaft to avoid additional disturbances of the vascular system of the proximal femur.
(5) A recently recognized complication of intertrochanteric fracture is a subcapital fracture occurring at the tip of the blade of an intertrochanteric fracture fixation blade plate.
(6) Between April 1979 and August 1983, 201 patients with intertrochanteric fractures of the hip were admitted to Haife Medical Center (Rothschild), Israel.
(7) The histomorphometry did not relate to the site of fracture (subcapital or intertrochanteric).
(8) A series of 236 patients over the age of 80 with intertrochanteric fractures were treated on a protocol established basis in an attempt to decrease postoperative morbidity and mortality.
(9) Intertrochanteric osteotomies (Pauwels) were performed in 203 hips.
(10) The osteosynthesis of intertrochanteric fractures in geriatric patients must facilitate early loading of the fracture site.
(11) Modern management of unstable intertrochanteric fractures may include displacement at the fracture site, osteotomy, and fixation with a sliding screw system.
(12) The metallurgical properties of 61 retrieved 316L stainless steel (ASTM F138-76) hip plate devices used for the treatment of intertrochanteric fractures were examined.
(13) In the majority of intertrochanteric osteotomies, and especially when applying "functional pre-bending", the use of an external compression device is not necessary with this plate.
(14) To promote early full weight-bearing and rapid rehabilitation, 20 elderly patients (average age, 82.2 years) with unstable intertrochanteric hip fractures were treated with a bipolar head-neck replacement.
(15) The authors trace the operative treatment of intertrochanteric hip fractures from the earliest to the most modern methods and describe how current fixation devices evolved.
(16) Results indicate an ideal application of the DHS for intertrochanteric femoral fractures, whereas it's application is limited to all other types of femoral fractures occurring near the capital region.
(17) Pauwels' intertrochanteric osteotomy constitutes a sensible treatment of osteoarthritis of the hip and gives amazingly long term good results if the weight bearing surfaces of the joint can be increased and the articular pressure is thus considerably reduced.
(18) One hundred intertrochanteric hip fractures were analyzed utilizing a computer-assisted digitization system to study the factors affecting postoperative stability.
(19) The results after valgus osteotomy for delayed or nonunion in 20 patients with femoral neck fractures (9 Pauwels type II and 11 type III) and 10 intertrochanteric fractures are reported.
(20) To elucidate the long-term effect of osteotomy upon the intraosseous pressure in osteoarthritis of the hip, pressure measurements in the femoral head and greater trochanter were performed in 22 patients before intertrochanteric osteotomy and 11.5-33.5 months later, on the occasion of removing the osteosynthesis material after the osteotomy had healed.