Femur Osteotomy. 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 ...

A trochanteric flip osteotomy (TFO) was made with an oscillating saw exiting proximally at the posterior insertion of the gluteus medius and distally to the base of the vastus tubercle ...

The osteotomy was reduced and fixed with three 4.5-mm fully threaded screws, ... mild dysplasia and a lesion of the right femoral head considered suspicious for ...

If an osteotomy is done on your big toe, you won’t be able to wear shoes or drive for at least 2 -- and sometimes as many as 6 -- weeks. If you’re overweight and have a high body mass index ...

IN OCTOBER, 1939, I1 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 the ...

Although replacement of the femoral head is a satisfactory procedure for correcting the mechanical faults in many patients with severe osteoarthritis of the hip, no single operation is applicable ...

Periacetabular osteotomy is surgery to correct a dislocated hip (hip dysplasia). Usually, this condition has been present since birth. We explain what to expect.

Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) is a disorder where damage to the growth plate causes the femoral head to slip. Learn more about SCFE here.

The release of an independent audit of bone surgeries carried out on children with hip dysplasia between January 2021 to December 2023 was much anticipated, not least by the parents of children ...