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Is there a difference in the positioning of sliding screws between stable and unstable extracapsular fractures?

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Ortopedia, 2015
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the tip-apex distance (TAD), cervicodiaphyseal angle and Garden angle in stable and unstable extracapsular fractures of the femur treated with a plate and sliding screw.METHOD: Hip radiographs in anteroposterior (AP) and lateral ...
Pedro José Labronici   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of the reproducibility of the Tronzo classification for intertrochanteric fractures of the femur,

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Ortopedia, 2014
Objective:To evaluate the inter-observer reproducibility of the Tronzo classification for transtrochanteric fractures using the kappa concordance coefficient (κ).Methods:Twenty radiographic images in anteroposterior view on hips with transtrochanteric ...
Fernando Abdala Silva Oliveira   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

High morbid-mortability and reduced level of osteoporosis diagnosis among elderly people who had hip fractures in São Paulo City [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
OBJECTIVE: To know the morbid-mortality following an osteoporotic hip fracture in elderly patients living in São Paulo. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This study evaluated prospectively all patient over 60 years admitted in 2 school-hospitals in the city of São ...
Adachi JD   +67 more
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Intramedullary fixation of femur fractures in children and adolescents with flexible rods [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Objective: to evaluate the surgical treatment results using intramedullary retrograde Ender nails in isolated unilateral femur fractures. Methods: the authors performed a retrospective study of 31 patients (32 femurs), 22 (71%) males and 9 (29%) females ...
Aoyagui, Alexandre Yoiti   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

Quantitative ultrasound of the calcaneus, bone densitometry and vertebral morphometry in men over the age of 60 years [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Objetivos: Comparar a ultrassonometria do calcâneo com a densitometria óssea na avaliação de fraturas vertebrais morfométricas em homens acima de 60 anos.
Barra, Filipe Ramos   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Tendências Epidemiológicas das Fraturas do Fémur Proximal na População Idosa em Portugal

open access: yesActa Médica Portuguesa, 2018
Introdução: As fraturas do fémur proximal representam um problema de saúde pública nas sociedades industrializadas. São escassos os estudos sobre a incidência destas fraturas em Portugal.
João Silva   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

2008 official positions of the Brazilian Society for Clinical Densitometry - SBDens [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
With the evolution of bone densitometry, differences in technologies, acquisition techniques, reference databases, reporting methods, diagnostic criteria and terminology have developed and the International Society for Clinical Densitometry (ISCD ...
Albergaria, Ben-Hur   +8 more
core   +2 more sources

Fasciíte necrosante pós-osteossíntese de fratura transtrocantérica do fêmur

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Ortopedia, 2014
A fasciíte necrosante é uma rara e potencialmente letal infecção de partes moles. A seguir, descreveremos o caso de uma paciente portadora de fratura transtrocantérica do fêmur que evoluiu com fasciíte necrosante após a osteossíntese da fratura.
Leandro Emílio Nascimento Santos   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fisiopatologia da osteoporose involutiva [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
The decrease in bone mineral density (BMD) with age is a universal phenomenon that affects all races and cultures; non-pathological by itself but it is the background to development of osteoporosis (OP). In 1941, Albright described the postmenopausal OP,
Lazaretti-Castro, Marise   +1 more
core   +2 more sources

Fraturas Atípicas do Fémur Associadas a Terapêutica Prolongada com Bisfosfonatos

open access: yesActa Médica Portuguesa, 2013
Introdução: A terapêutica prolongada com bisfosfonatos tem sido associada a fraturas atípicas do fémur cujas características estão neste momento definidas.
Francisco Flores Santos   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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