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Simultaneous bilateral hip fractures following a simple fall in an elderly patient without predilecting comorbidities
Simultaneous bilateral hip fractures are rare, mostly being caused by violent forces or in patients with bone metabolism disorders. We present the case of an elderly patient who sustained simultaneous bilateral hip fractures following a simple fall without having any known predilecting comorbidities...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4861149/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27161143 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjw050 |
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author | van der Zeeuw, Frederique T. Weeda, Víola B. Vrouenraets, Bart C. |
author_facet | van der Zeeuw, Frederique T. Weeda, Víola B. Vrouenraets, Bart C. |
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description | Simultaneous bilateral hip fractures are rare, mostly being caused by violent forces or in patients with bone metabolism disorders. We present the case of an elderly patient who sustained simultaneous bilateral hip fractures following a simple fall without having any known predilecting comorbidities other than advanced age. Only four cases have been described of elderly patients without comorbidity with simultaneous bilateral hip fractures following low-energy traumas. This rareness potentially leads to misses of this diagnosis. |
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spelling | pubmed-48611492016-05-10 Simultaneous bilateral hip fractures following a simple fall in an elderly patient without predilecting comorbidities van der Zeeuw, Frederique T. Weeda, Víola B. Vrouenraets, Bart C. J Surg Case Rep Case Report Simultaneous bilateral hip fractures are rare, mostly being caused by violent forces or in patients with bone metabolism disorders. We present the case of an elderly patient who sustained simultaneous bilateral hip fractures following a simple fall without having any known predilecting comorbidities other than advanced age. Only four cases have been described of elderly patients without comorbidity with simultaneous bilateral hip fractures following low-energy traumas. This rareness potentially leads to misses of this diagnosis. Oxford University Press 2016-05-09 /pmc/articles/PMC4861149/ /pubmed/27161143 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjw050 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author 2016. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com |
spellingShingle | Case Report van der Zeeuw, Frederique T. Weeda, Víola B. Vrouenraets, Bart C. Simultaneous bilateral hip fractures following a simple fall in an elderly patient without predilecting comorbidities |
title | Simultaneous bilateral hip fractures following a simple fall in an elderly patient without predilecting comorbidities |
title_full | Simultaneous bilateral hip fractures following a simple fall in an elderly patient without predilecting comorbidities |
title_fullStr | Simultaneous bilateral hip fractures following a simple fall in an elderly patient without predilecting comorbidities |
title_full_unstemmed | Simultaneous bilateral hip fractures following a simple fall in an elderly patient without predilecting comorbidities |
title_short | Simultaneous bilateral hip fractures following a simple fall in an elderly patient without predilecting comorbidities |
title_sort | simultaneous bilateral hip fractures following a simple fall in an elderly patient without predilecting comorbidities |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4861149/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27161143 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjw050 |
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