5-790.5h:

The lower section of your femur has been surgically stabilized.

The femur has an upper, middle and lower section. The lower section of the femur is connected to the lower leg bones by the knee joint.

The femur can be stabilized if it gets broken. The lower end of your femur in the growth plate may also have moved in relation to the rest of your femur. In children and adolescents the bone’s growth stems from the growth plates. There are growth plates in the long bones in the arms and legs, and the long bones in the hands and feet. There is a growth plate at each end of these bones.

First of all, the fragments of your femur were put back in their normal place. The site concerned was then joined together and stabilized using a long pin inside the bone.

The purpose of the long pin is to stabilize the femur from within. To do this, the pin is inserted into the bone. The long pin is also attached to a big screw. This screw stabilizes other parts of the bone. The long pin may also be screwed to the bone at its ends.