Depending on how close to the hip the break is, it may be called a hip fracture instead of a femur fracture. In most cases, your doctor will start with an X-ray ... inserts a rod into the length ...

To properly fix your femur, you would need to have an operation. Depending on the severity of the injury, your doctor may use strong metal screws and plates, or even long titanium rods to piece ...

Less than three weeks before, he had snapped his right femur when he misjudged the landing ... Surgeons repaired the bone with a titanium rod, and a physical therapist designed an aggressive ...

It was a spiral fracture of the upper femur shaft. They put in a titanium rod and three screws. I have a bionic leg. What has the response been like since breaking your femur? I’ve been blown ...

Dr. Abbasi believes surgery will be inevitable for the 21-year-old and will also involve the insertion of a titanium rod like the one ... in video], that is a broken femur folks ...

Pearce was describing his reaction to breaking his right thighbone (femur) during a game against ... football again this season, thanks to a titanium rod in his leg and lots of determination.

I woke from surgery, lucky to be alive, and with a 14-inch titanium rod inserted down my femur and attached into my hip and above ... we want to hear your plans for the last two). To read more ...