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Femoral neck fracture after femoral head necrosis: a case report and review of the literature

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2023
Introduction Pathological fractures of the femoral neck caused by necrosis of the femoral head are extremely rare. Here, we report a rare case of bilateral femoral head osteonecrosis extending to the femoral neck, with bilateral pathological fractures of
Wenjie Xia, Aiqi Zhang, Binsong Qiu, Yuan Chen, Mingxiang Kong   +4 more
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Hip Geometry and Proximal Femoral Fractures among Elderly Filipino Women: A Single Centre Cross-Sectional Study [PDF]

Malaysian Orthopaedic Journal, 2022
INTRODUCTION: Few controlled studies explore proximal femoral geometry and association with femoral neck (FN) or intertrochanteric (IT) fractures, especially among the elderly Filipino population.
Barrido CI, Bengzon JAM
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Challenging the dogma to “always operate” acute hip fractures: a proof-of-concept pilot study for nonoperative management of undisplaced femoral neck fractures

Patient Safety in Surgery, 2022
Background The notion that all acute hip fractures are a surgical entity requiring either surgical fracture fixation or hip replacement represents a historic dogma, particularly within the orthopaedic community of the United States.
Juan Manuel Vinas-Rios, Jan-Henning Wölm, Richard Martin Sellei, Andreas Ladenburger   +3 more
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Atypical femoral fractures [PDF]

CLINICAL CASES IN MINERAL AND BONE METABOLISM, 2013
Bisphosphonates (BPs) represent the most widely used therapy for osteoporosis. Recently, a relationship between long-term treatment with BPs and a subset of atypical femoral fractures (AFFs) from below the lesser trochanter to the sovracondilar line has been described.
GIANNINI, SANDRO, CHIARELLO, EUGENIO, CADOSSI, MATTEO, LUCIANI, DEIANIRA, DONATI, DAVIDE MARIA, Tedesco, Giuseppe, Mazzotti, Antonio   +6 more
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Treatment of Proximal Femoral Fragility Fractures in Patients with COVID-19 During the SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak in Northern Italy

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American volume, 2020
Background: From February 20 to April 2020, the coronavirus SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome)-CoV-2 spread in northern Italy, drastically challenging the care capacities of the national health care system.
F. Catellani, Andrea Coscione, R. D’Ambrosi, L. Usai, C. Roscitano, G. Fiorentino   +5 more
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Initial assessment of femoral proximal fracture and acute hip arthritis using pocket-sized ultrasound: a prospective observational study in a primary care setting in Japan

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2020
Background Acute hip pain caused by femoral proximal fractures or acute hip arthritis requires imaging for accurate diagnosis. Although pocket-sized ultrasound (PsUS) offers several advantages over other imaging modalities, there is limited information ...
Takashi Akimoto, Tadashi Kobayashi, Hiroki Maita, Hiroshi Osawa, Hiroyuki Kato   +4 more
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A retrospective epidemiological study of paediatric femoral fractures

Swiss Medical Weekly, 2020
BACKGROUND Femoral fracture is a significant major trauma in children and adolescents, sometimes resulting in serious complications. This study aimed to determine the epidemiology of femoral fractures and to define associated injuries and ...
Raimonda Valaikaite, Anne Tabard-Fougère, Christina Steiger, Eleftheria Samara, Romain Dayer, Dimitri Ceroni   +5 more
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Outcome of intramedullary nailing treatment for intertrochanteric femoral fractures

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 2019
IntroductionThe OTA/AO type 31 A3 intertrochanteric fracture has a transverse or reverse oblique fracture at the lesser trochanteric level, which accentuates the varus compressive stress in the region of the fracture and the implant.
M. Hoffmann, Justin D. Khoriaty, D. Sietsema, Clifford B. Jones   +3 more
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Risk factors for nonunion after intramedullary nailing of subtrochanteric femoral fractures

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, 2019
IntroductionNonunion is a common complication after intramedullary nailing of subtrochanteric femoral fractures. A more detailed knowledge, particularly of avoidable risk factors for subtrochanteric fracture nonunion, is thus desired to develop ...
D. Krappinger, Bernhard Wolf, D. Dammerer, M. Thaler, P. Schwendinger, R. Lindtner   +5 more
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Safety of surgical hip dislocation in femoral head fracture and dislocation (FHFD) and avascular necrosis risk factor analysis of FHFD: midterm results confirmed by SPECT/CT and MRI

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 2022
Background The study aim was to report the treatment outcomes of trochanteric flip osteotomy (TFO) with surgical hip dislocation (SHD) for femoral head fracture and dislocation (FHFD) and to investigate the risk factors for avascular necrosis (AVN) of ...
Yong-Cheol Yoon, Chang-Wug Oh, Joon-Woo Kim, Jeong Heo, Hyung Keun Song   +4 more
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