Talk:Femur

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[edit] Fractured femur is alleged to cause death

  • "If a traction splint is applied right away, a femur fracture is 20% fatal. Without a traction splint, it's 80% fatal." Is there a reference available to support this claim? --Daveb 13:05, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
    • Erh??? By what mechanism does a fractured femur cause death???? Anthony Appleyard 06:17, 24hospital statistics, however, is “in-hospital mortality”—death during the initial admission for the fracture. We analysed inpatient statistics that had been linked to death registration data in the former Oxford NHS health region (population 2.5 million) from 1994 to 1998." This appears to argue the other way. Just thought it may be of help! BMJ.com

--Shanx 14:01, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Mechanical strength of a human femur?

How much would my femur stretch on the moon, ie what is the elasticity of the femur, and is it true it can support presures of one ton. (Unsigned comment by 150.237.47.4, Nov 13)

[edit] able to withstand over 550 pounds of force

I have removed this objectionable description of the femur: "able to withstand over 550 pounds of force." It is uncited, and not specific enough. From what angle? For how long? In what kind of person? Without more detail, it's just more lies, damn lies, and statistics. ~ Booya Bazooka 08:18, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Redirects?

I'm all for redirect tags, but do we really need to redirect to FEMA and FIMA from this? Do people really get these confused?

Agreed, and removed. I find it hard to believe that someone looking for FEMA could possible end up at Femur. Spelling is not really similar, and they're not even homophones. ~ Booya Bazooka 00:54, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Human only?

The article implies that a femur only exists in humans, but is the name in a lot more animals. Should this be added? I am fairly knew here in wikipedia and do not know the way these type of issues are handled.

[edit] Antegrade and retrograde

The section on fractures included this statement: "With modern medical procedures, such as the insertion of rods and screws by way of surgery (known as Antegrade [through the shoulder] or Retrograde [through the elbow] femoral rodding) those suffering from femur fractures can now generally expect to make a full recovery, though one that generally takes 3 to 6 months due to the bone's size."

Through the shoulder or elbow? That's obviously not right. It looks like somebody did a copy and paste from a discussion of ulna fractures, and forgot to update the terminology so that it would apply to a leg bone. I've changed "shoulder" to "hip" and "elbow" to "knee". I hope the result is correct, but I am not an orthopedist, so I can't be sure that it is. Pat Berry 05:16, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] digital X-ray imaging

Hi, I'm a B.Sc Physiology and paramedic-- I recently fractured my left Femur, and obtained very high quality digital images of X-rays taken before during and after surgery, where a rod and two screws were inserted into my femur. The imagery is very good, and I thought this might be a good contribution to wikipedia... perhaps someone could direct me to the right place where I could add to the appropriate article? I would expect there to be some place where an article or part of one would contain this information... let me know: purpleidea@gmail.com thanks purpleidea (talk) 01:40, 9 January 2008 (UTC)