"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,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The longest and largest bone of the skeleton, it is situated between the hip and the knee.
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Femur".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Femur".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Femur" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Femur" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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1993 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
1994 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
1995 | 8 | 10 | 18 |
1996 | 4 | 12 | 16 |
1997 | 9 | 11 | 20 |
1998 | 5 | 9 | 14 |
1999 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
2000 | 7 | 10 | 17 |
2001 | 7 | 11 | 18 |
2002 | 10 | 11 | 21 |
2003 | 9 | 11 | 20 |
2004 | 6 | 15 | 21 |
2005 | 4 | 19 | 23 |
2006 | 10 | 20 | 30 |
2007 | 15 | 14 | 29 |
2008 | 19 | 15 | 34 |
2009 | 20 | 10 | 30 |
2010 | 16 | 25 | 41 |
2011 | 11 | 15 | 26 |
2012 | 11 | 17 | 28 |
2013 | 21 | 24 | 45 |
2014 | 15 | 24 | 39 |
2015 | 21 | 15 | 36 |
2016 | 16 | 22 | 38 |
2017 | 11 | 17 | 28 |
2018 | 19 | 18 | 37 |
2019 | 14 | 13 | 27 |
2020 | 9 | 20 | 29 |
2021 | 9 | 19 | 28 |
2022 | 2 | 11 | 13 |
2023 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Femur" by people in Profiles.
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Physiological Axial Tibial Rotation of the Knee During a Weightbearing Flexion. J Biomech Eng. 2023 May 01; 145(5).
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Limited External Rotation and Hip Extension Due to Posterior Extra-articular Ischiofemoral Hip Impingement in Female Patients With Increased Femoral Anteversion: Implications for Sports, Sexual, and Daily Activities. Am J Sports Med. 2023 03; 51(4):1015-1023.
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Editorial Commentary: Spontaneous Insufficiency Fracture of the Knee, Formerly Known as Spontaneous Osteonecrosis of the Knee, May Benefit From Combined Mosaicplasty and High Tibial Osteotomy: Better Together. Arthroscopy. 2023 02; 39(2):347-348.
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Trunnions and Modularity in Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Historical Review With Current Clinical Implications. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2023 Feb 15; 31(4):189-197.
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Severe Obesity Worsens 30-Day Surgical Outcomes and Projected Costs in Operative Femoral Shaft and Tibial Shaft Fractures. J Orthop Trauma. 2023 Jan 01; 37(1):27-31.
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Combined femoral and acetabular version is sex-related and differs between patients with hip dysplasia and acetabular retroversion. Eur J Radiol. 2023 Jan; 158:110634.
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Intertrochanteric Osteotomies in Children and Adolescents: Principles of Proximal Femoral Deformity Correction. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2022 Dec 15; 30(24):1165-1175.
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Cartilage Topography Assessment With Local-Area Cartilage Segmentation for Knee Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2022 12; 74(12):2013-2023.
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The effect of pre-operative carbohydrate loading in femur fracture: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2022 Aug 30; 23(1):819.
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Comparison of Single-Radius with Multiple-Radius Femur in Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Meta-Analysis of Prospective Randomized Controlled Trials. Orthop Surg. 2022 Sep; 14(9):2085-2095.