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Bilateral femoral neck fractures resulting from a grand mal seizure in an elderly man with Down syndrome

Simultaneous bilateral hip fractures are exceedingly rare and usually occur following a seizure. To our knowledge, only 22 cases of such injuries have been reported in the literature during the past forty years and the majority of fractures are treated with open reduction and internal fixation. We p...

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Autores principales: Marsh, Jonathan P., Leiter, Jeff R.S., MacDonald, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3143951/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21808693
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/or.2010.e10