ʻO ka wehewehe ʻana o nā haʻihaʻi waena o ka Femur ʻO nā haʻihaʻi waena o ka femur (ʻike pū ʻia ʻo trochanteric fractures) e pili ana i nā haʻihaʻi e puka mai ana mai ke kumu o ka ʻāʻī femoral a i ka pae ma luna o ka trochanter liʻiliʻi. ʻO nā hōʻike e pili ana i ka ʻeha kūloko, ka pehu, ecchymosis.

ʻO ke kumu femoral (Femoral Stem) kekahi ʻāpana o ka mea metala i hoʻohana ʻia e pani i ka ʻaoʻao o luna o ka femur (iwi ʻūhā) o ka mea maʻi ma ke ʻoki ʻana i ka ʻūhā. ʻO ia kekahi o nā mea koʻikoʻi o ka ʻōnaehana hip artificial a nona ke kuleana no ka hoʻopili ʻana i ke poʻo femoral a me ka lawe ʻana i nā ukana a me nā neʻe o ka hui pūhaka. ʻO ka hana nui o ka ʻāʻī femoral ka hoʻoili ʻana i ka neʻe ʻana o ka hui pūhaka a me ka lālā haʻahaʻa i ke koena o ka hui hip artificial, e hōʻoia i ka paʻa, ʻoluʻolu a hana pono ka hui.

Hoʻolālā ʻia kahi prosthesis i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e loaʻa kahi papa o ka iwi sima, maʻamau he polymer acrylic i kapa ʻia polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA), ma waena o ka iwi maoli o ka mea maʻi a me ka ʻāpana hui prosthetic.