CPD article: Fractures of the femur

Femoral fractures occur commonly in dogs and cats, accounting for 45% of all long bone fractures. Femoral fractures are classified based on anatomic locational and include fractures of the proximal epiphysis, proximal physeal fractures, subcapital fractures, fractures of the femoral neck, trochanteric fractures, subtrochanteric fractures, fractures of the femoral shaft, supracondylar fractures, distal physeal fractures, unicondylar fractures,...