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A 37-year old asked:
How are Fosamax (alendronate) and femur fractures related?
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A 27-year old male asked:
What are the complications of femur fracture?
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A 48-year old asked:
What chronic pain stems from a butterfly femur fracture?
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A 50-year old male asked:
How to treat muscle during a femur fracture?
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A 31-year old female asked about a male:
What causes a femur fracture to move once in a cast?
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A 30-year old asked:
How long does it take a femur fracture to heal up?
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A 34-year old asked:
What is the typical recovery time after a compound femur fracture?
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A 26-year old male asked:
How long does femur fracture (cominuted ) heal by using external fixation ?
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A 35-year old asked:
How long will it take until you fully recover from a compound femur fracture?
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A 36-year old asked:
My son who is 9 has a distal femur fracture. What does that mean?
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A 31-year old female asked:
How long i need to wait to get pregnat after a multiple femur fracture.
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A 43-year old asked:
How long were you in an immobilizer for femur fracture surgery?
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A 25-year old female asked about a 26-year old female:
How does a child (3month old) get a spiral femur fracture from abuse?
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A 49-year old asked:
How long did you have your immobilizer on after orif of femur fracture?
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A 58-year old female asked:
Could walking with non union femur fracture damage rods and screws? Second opinion scheduled in two weeks to discuss options.
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A 58-year old female asked:
Is it unusual for a58 yr old to still have substantial pain 3 weeks after rods/screws for comucated femur fracture right below femoral neck ? In rehab
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A 50-year old female asked:
Is there a higher incidence of femur fracture with da approach to hip replacement compared to other approaches? Or is it dr experience?
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A female asked:
What is the difference between extra-articular, partial-articular, complete-articular and intra-articular? (for a distal femur fracture)
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A 58-year old female asked about a 58-year old male:
Please interpret nonhealing subtrochanteric femur fracture -cephalomedullary device in place. Device has fallen into significant almost 80 deg varus?
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A 34-year old asked:
Since alendronate is to build bones, why does it put me at risk for femur fracture?
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A 46-year old asked:
Is a mid-shaft spasmodic femur fracture best immobilized using fixation or traction splinting?
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A 31-year old female asked about a male:
My 2 yr old is in a spica cast from a femur fracture, and went back yesterday after 1 week for X-ray and it is displaced. How does this happen?
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A 36-year old female asked:
I had a communited distal femur fracture and ended up having a retrograde IM nailing. Any advice on sex with my husband, positions, or if it's safe to do so? I miss the intimacy.
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A 32-year old asked:
Does smoking marijuana with a femur fracture slow down the healing process?
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A 17-year old female asked:
I had sinusitis after months of surgery(femur fracture), and an IM rod was installed. How cn someone acquired sinus? Had asthma since 9, 17 now.
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A 58-year old female asked about a 57-year old male:
Is there any need for concern leg extremely swollen and painful to touch(not warm)2 weeks post op comucated femur fracture-long rod screws.
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A 19-year old male asked:
I have femur fracture and knee proximal tibia, what foods should I take for full recovery of my bones ? It's been 3 months after the surgery.
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A member asked:
78 year old female w/femur fracture. Diagnosed w/diabetes+emphysema. Has other heart/lung condition. How to best treat fracture or reduce pain?
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A 35-year old asked:
How long to heal femur buckle fracture child?
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A 32-year old asked:
How long does it take for a femur/hip fracture to heal?
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