Patellar tendon tears involve the partial or complete rupture of the band of connective tissue that attaches the bottom of the kneecap (patella) to the top of the shinbone (tibia). A tendon is a cord ...

The quadriceps tendon attaches the quadriceps muscle — located on the upper part of the front side of your leg — to your knee cap (patella). The tendon helps straighten the knee and allows you ...

Background. A meta-analysis was performed to assess the association between healing rate, avascular necrosis (AVN) of femoral head and two reductions-open reduction internal fixation (ORIF ...

Femoral neck plays an important in weight bearing and movement. ORIF and CRIF are the two common techniques to cure femoral neck fracture. The results of the present meta-analysis showed that ...

Open reduction internal fixation (ORIF) is a surgical approach that's used for repairing certain types of bone fractures. An open reduction is an invasive surgical bone realignment, as opposed to a ...

State Key Lab of Solidification Processing, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710072, P. R. China ...