Is surgery necessary for femoral insufficiency fractures after long-term bisphosphonate therapy?

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 468, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3393-3398

  Ha, Yong Chan ^a   Cho, Myung Rae ^b   Park, Ki Hong ^c   Kim, Shin Yoon ^d   Koo, Kyung Hoi ^e  

^a Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^b Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

^c Chung General Hospital   (South Korea)

^d Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR SHAFT; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LEG PAIN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 78649327575     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-010-1583-2     Document Type: Article

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