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Cortical thickness in the intertrochanteric region may be relevant to hip fracture type

BACKGROUND: This study assessed the differences in femoral geometry and bone mineral density between femoral neck fragility fractures and trochanteric fractures. METHODS: One hundred and seventeen patients were divided into femoral neck and trochanteric fracture groups. There were 69 patients with f...

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Autores principales: Zhuang, Huafeng, Li, Yizhong, Lin, Jinkuang, Cai, Donglu, Cai, Siqing, Yan, Lisheng, Yao, Xuedong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5516324/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28720137
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-017-1669-z