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Comparison of Femoral Morphology and Bone Mineral Density between Femoral Neck Fractures and Trochanteric Fractures

Authors: Yuki Maeda, MD, Nobuhiko Sugano, MD, Masanobu Saito, MD, Kazuo Yonenobu, MD

Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® | Issue 3/2011

Abstract

Background

Many studies that analyzed bone mineral density (BMD) and skeletal factors of hip fractures were based on uncalibrated radiographs or dual-energy xray absorptiometry (DXA).

Questions/purposes

Spatial accuracy in measuring BMD and morphologic features of the femur with DXA is limited. This study investigated differences in BMD and morphologic features of the femur between two types of hip fractures using quantitative computed tomography (QCT).

Patients and Methods

Forty patients with hip fractures with normal contralateral hips were selected for this study between 2003 and 2007 (trochanteric fracture, n = 18; femoral neck fracture, n = 22). Each patient underwent QCT of the bilateral femora using a calibration phantom. Using images of the intact contralateral femur, BMD measurements were made at the point of minimum femoral-neck cross-sectional area, middle of the intertrochanteric region, and center of the femoral head. QCT images also were used to measure morphologic features of the hip, including hip axis length, femoral neck axis length, neck-shaft angle, neck width, head offset, anteversion of the femoral neck, and cortical index at the femoral isthmus.

Results

No significant differences were found in trabecular BMD between groups in those three regions. Patients with trochanteric fractures showed a smaller neck shaft angle and smaller cortical index at the femoral canal isthmus compared with patients with femoral neck fractures.

Conclusions

We conclude that severe osteoporosis with thinner cortical bone of the femoral diaphysis is seen more often in patients with trochanteric fracture than in patients with femoral neck fracture.

Levels of Evidence

Level IV, prognostic study. See Guidelines for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.

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Title: Comparison of Femoral Morphology and Bone Mineral Density between Femoral Neck Fractures and Trochanteric Fractures
Authors: Yuki Maeda, MD
Nobuhiko Sugano, MD
Masanobu Saito, MD
Kazuo Yonenobu, MD
Publication date: 01-03-2011
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® / Issue 3/2011
Print ISSN: 0009-921X
Electronic ISSN: 1528-1132
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-010-1529-8

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Comparison of Femoral Morphology and Bone Mineral Density between Femoral Neck Fractures and Trochanteric Fractures

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Background

Questions/purposes

Patients and Methods

Results

Conclusions

Levels of Evidence

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Results

Conclusions

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