Long-term outcome of undisplaced fatigue fractures of the femoral neck in young male adults

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1574-1579

  Pihlajamäki, Harri K ^a   Ruohola, J P ^a   Weckstrom M ^a   Kiuru, M J ^b   Visuri, T I ^a  

^a CENTRAL MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; AWARENESS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; HARRIS HIP SCORE; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; STRESS FRACTURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURES, STRESS; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845811127     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.88B12.17996     Document Type: Article

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