Osteoporotic Hip Fracture as a Delayed Complication of Bariatric Surgery

We describe a case in which a woman with a history of gastric bypass surgery and malabsorption syndrome sustained an intertrochanteric fracture after a fall from standing. The patient underwent surgical fixation two weeks after the injury. The radiologic appearance and pathophysiology of this event...

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Autores principales: Brown, Shanaree M., Chew, Felix S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4891588/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27298697
http://dx.doi.org/10.2484/rcr.v1i4.39
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spelling pubmed-48915882016-06-13 Osteoporotic Hip Fracture as a Delayed Complication of Bariatric Surgery Brown, Shanaree M. Chew, Felix S. Radiol Case Rep Article We describe a case in which a woman with a history of gastric bypass surgery and malabsorption syndrome sustained an intertrochanteric fracture after a fall from standing. The patient underwent surgical fixation two weeks after the injury. The radiologic appearance and pathophysiology of this event are discussed. Elsevier 2015-12-07 /pmc/articles/PMC4891588/ /pubmed/27298697 http://dx.doi.org/10.2484/rcr.v1i4.39 Text en © 2006 The Authors. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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