 Femur
"Femur" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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The longest and largest bone of the skeleton, it is situated between the hip and the knee.
| Descriptor ID |
D005269
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.835.232.043.650.247
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| Concept/Terms |
Greater Trochanter- Greater Trochanter
- Greater Trochanters
- Trochanter, Greater
- Trochanters, Greater
Lesser Trochanter- Lesser Trochanter
- Lesser Trochanters
- Trochanter, Lesser
- Trochanters, Lesser
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Femur" by people in this website by year, and whether "Femur" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1999 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2002 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2003 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2004 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2005 | 1 | 4 | 5 | | 2006 | 3 | 5 | 8 | | 2007 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2008 | 2 | 4 | 6 | | 2009 | 5 | 5 | 10 | | 2010 | 3 | 4 | 7 | | 2011 | 5 | 3 | 8 | | 2012 | 6 | 3 | 9 | | 2013 | 5 | 4 | 9 | | 2014 | 6 | 3 | 9 | | 2015 | 2 | 4 | 6 | | 2016 | 0 | 5 | 5 | | 2017 | 2 | 7 | 9 | | 2018 | 8 | 6 | 14 | | 2019 | 3 | 4 | 7 | | 2020 | 0 | 6 | 6 | | 2021 | 1 | 10 | 11 | | 2022 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2023 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2024 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Femur" by people in Profiles.
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Krajewski KT, Miller S, Dimovski R, Rhodes J, De S. Retrograde Insertion Approach for Anterior Distal Femoral Hemiepiphysiodesis Procedure: A Case Report. JBJS Case Connect. 2024 Jul 01; 14(3).
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Johnson CC, Dzewaltowski AC, Dever DE, Krajewski KT, Rai A, Ahamed NU, Allison KF, Flanagan SD, Graham SM, Lovalekar M, Anderst WJ, Connaboy C. Load carriage changes tibiofemoral arthrokinematics during ambulatory tasks in recruit-aged women. Sci Rep. 2024 04 25; 14(1):9542.
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Frank RM. Editorial Commentary: It is Never Wrong to Perform Anterior Cruciate Ligament Revision Reconstruction as a Two-Stage Procedure. Arthroscopy. 2023 09; 39(9):2112-2113.
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Dennis DA, Smith GH, Phillips JLH, Ennis HE, Jennings JM, Plaskos C, Pierrepont JW. Does Individualization of Cup Position Affect Prosthetic or Bone Impingement Following Total Hip Arthroplasty? J Arthroplasty. 2023 07; 38(7S):S257-S264.
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Yamamura MK, Carry PM, Gibly RF, Holmes K, Ogilvie B, Phillips A, Georgopoulos G, Miller NH, Payne KA. Epidemiology of Physeal Fractures and Clinically Significant Growth Disturbances Affecting the Distal Tibia, Proximal Tibia, and Distal Femur: A Retrospective Cohort Study. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2023 Jun 01; 31(11):e507-e515.
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Roda GF, Stoneback JW, Gimarc D, Gaffney BMM. Above knee socket prosthesis use changes proximal femur morphology. Bone. 2023 07; 172:116752.
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Gagliardi AG, Walker G, Dahab K, Pearce S, Howell DR, Albright JC. High healing rate of stable femoral condyle osteochondritis dissecans in young patients placed in a hinged knee brace locked in extension: a retrospective study. J Pediatr Orthop B. 2023 Mar 01; 32(2):170-177.
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Kraeutler MJ. Editorial Commentary: Differences in Femoral Torsion Measurements Based on Axial Versus Axial-Oblique Magnetic Resonance Imaging Sequences-Let's Begin to Standardize Hip-Preservation Techniques to Improve Research and Clinical Outcomes. Arthroscopy. 2022 06; 38(6):1867-1868.
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Carballido-Gamio J, Posadzy M, Wu PH, Kenny K, Saeed I, Link TM, Tien PC, Krug R, Kazakia GJ. People living with HIV have low trabecular bone mineral density, high bone marrow adiposity, and poor trabecular bone microarchitecture at the proximal femur. Osteoporos Int. 2022 Aug; 33(8):1739-1753.
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Lin AJ, Siddiqui AA, Fan B, Bennett JT, Illingworth KD, Andras LM, Skaggs DL, Tolo VT, VandenBerg CD. Treatments and Sequelae of Pediatric Pathologic Proximal Femur Fractures Due to Benign Bone Cyst. J Pediatr Orthop. 2022 Jul 01; 42(6):e661-e666.
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