three headless compression screws in the femoral head and a dynamic hip screw for the femoral neck. The trochanteric flip osteotomy was repaired with two 3.5 lag screws. Source: Theodor Di Pauli ...

Sometimes if the angle made by the femur and head is too low (varus) or too high (valgus), then an osteotomy of the femur may be needed. This helps the femoral head to be in a more normal position to ...

The patient was placed on our institutional rehabilitation protocol for femoral head cartilage restoration with trochanteric osteotomy. This involves toe-touch weight-bearing for the first 6 weeks ...

IN OCTOBER, 1939, I 1 reported on a small series of hip reconstructions done for painful, nonunited fractures of the femoral neck under the various prevalent standard procedures. These included ...

In severe osteoarthritis there is extensive deformation of the femoral head, usually combined with varus and torsion of the femoral neck. 16 Unless these are corrected, the faulty mechanical use ...

“Osteotomy”: This term means the cutting or removal of bone during surgery. During PAO, a surgeon repositions the acetabulum to cover more of the femoral head. This will improve the stability ...

ORIF and osteotomy are more invasive procedures ... SCFE is a condition that typically occurs in adolescence where the head of the femur slips off the neck of the bone at the growth plate.