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I've mused about the contours of the upper leg as well. However, birds don't move their femurs to the extent that at least some non-avian dinosaurs would have, and in some mammals the hind leg is clearly distinct from the torso, so I'm not sure what would be the closest match to dinosaurs. I've been trying to find some kind of a realistic middle ground myself, but I really wish there was a way to know what it really looked like.
About the injuries though, usually paleoillustrations are used to showcase the typical anatomy of a taxon, and throwing in too extensive injuries can sabotage that information content somewhat. Even though I imagine some abelisaurs and maybe tyrannosaurs as well lost their tiny arms in intraspecific combat, I think there's good reason to illustrate them with both, unless you mean to draw attention to that detail.
I generally don't agree with reconstructions that show the leg separate until the top of the hip, but then again "burying" eerything doesn't seem to be right either.
About injuries, one should also look into tumors, (like these poor devils, [link]) or broken-healed bones, especially in the tail region. Of course, I agree that these should be omitted in species-descriptive illustrations.