The completely asymptomatic displaced femoral stress fracture: A case report and review of the literature

Military Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-39

  Finestone, Aharon S ^a   Glatstein, Miguel ^b   Novack, Victor ^b   Rath, Ehud ^b   Milgrom, Charles ^b  

^a MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; DIAPHYSIS; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; PAIN; REVIEW; RUNNING; SOLDIER; STRESS FRACTURE; TRAINING;

EID: 32944461395     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.171.1.37     Document Type: Review

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