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Operative management of a subtrochanteric fracture in severe osteoporosis. a case report

BACKGROUND: Fractures of the subtrochanteric region of the femur provide several challenges to the operating surgeon due to anatomic and biomechanical peculiarities inherent to this region. These challenges are compounded several times in a severely porotic bone. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case...

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Autores principales: Dhar, Shabir Ahmed, Halwai, Manzoor Ahmed, Wani, Mohammed Iqbal, Butt, Mohammed Farooq
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2584650/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18826628
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-1-193