Following xray is of 39 years old adult male who was injured in motor vehicle accident.

Severe Comminuted Fracture of Proximal Femur
The upper end of femur is fractured and severely comminuted.
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Following xray is of 39 years old adult male who was injured in motor vehicle accident.

Severe Comminuted Fracture of Proximal Femur
The upper end of femur is fractured and severely comminuted.
Following is an xray of 67 years old lady who had come to OPD with spiral fracture of lower third of leg. Her limb was splinted in a slab and she was advised surgery.
She refused and remained in splint instead.

Spiral Fracture Of FemurUnited In Malposition
This xray is after 6 months of the injury and shows a united fracture, though in malposition.
Young adult with fracture of shaft of femur with dislocation of hip
There is also an associated fracture of acetabulum.
Fracture of femur in distal third region of femoral shaft in an adult .
Here is an AP view

Fracture Of Shaft Femur In Distal Third Region
And lateral view [Read more...]
Xray of fracture of shaft of femur in an adult person.

Xray of Femoral Shaft Fracture
The fracture is situated at distal third region.
Following xray is of 29 years young male with fracture of shaft of femur at the level of isthmus. Also visible is shadow of Thomas Splint.

Fracture Of Shaft Of Femur With Thomas Splint In Situ
It is worthwhile to mention here that Thomas Knee Splint, at least at the time of this xray is not serving its purpose of immobilization. It is inadequately doing so as its upper extent is at the level of the fracture itself.
Preoperative and 8 weeks postoperative xray images of an 11 year old child operated with closed reduction and stabilization with Titanium Elastic Nail System.

Spiral Fracture of Shaft of Femur in 11 Years Old Child
Anteroposterior view after 8 weeks of surgery. [Read more...]
Following fracture of femur in subtrochanteric region is not fixed in acceptable position. There is a gap betwen the fracture fragments and there is also malalignment due to anglation.

This kind of fixation is very prone to go into non union
Xray of 44 years old male after 16 months of trauma. patient had supracondylar fracture of femur. In the following xray, the fracture has united

United Fracture Femur With Distal Femoral Plate In Situ
The patient had come for implant removal.
This is the postoperative xray of the patient with fracture of shaft of femur in a poliotic limb. Locking compression plate and interfragmentary screw were used to fix the fracture.

Xray of patient with fracture shaft femur in poliotic limb
Interfragmentary screw was used due to obliquity of the fracture.
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