Morphology of the femur in proximal femoral fractures.
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We studied the morphology of the contralateral femur in 10 patients with subcapital fractures, 10 with trochanteric fractures and 10 with unilateral osteoarthritis. We found that the patients with trochanteric fractures had a significantly shorter femoral neck (4.5 +/- 0.5 cm) than patients with subcapital fractures or osteoarthritis (5.4 +/- 0.4 cm). It may be that this difference in femoral neck length is related to the site at which a proximal femoral fracture occurs.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of bone and joint surgery. British volume
دوره 71 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1989