Bilateral femoral insuffiency fractures treated with inflatable intramedullary nails: A case report

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 597-601

  Demiralp, Bahtiyar ^a   Ilgan, Seyfettin ^a   Ozgur Karacalioglu, A ^a   Cicek, Engin Ilker ^a   Yildrim, Duzgun ^a   Erler, Kaan ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fatique fractures insufficiency fracture; Intramedullary nailing; Osteoporosis; Stress fracture

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; CALCIUM; CEFAZOLIN; CORTICOTROPIN; ERGOCALCIFEROL; STEROID; THYROXINE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EMPTY SELLA SYNDROME; FEMALE; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; OSTEOPOROSIS; PAIN; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; BONE NAILS; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS;

EID: 34547727310     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-007-0373-0     Document Type: Article

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