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CORR Insights^®: Epiphyseal Arterial Network and Inferior Retinacular Artery Seem Critical to Femoral Head Perfusion in Adults With Femoral Neck Fractures

Author: Kodali Siva R. K. Prasad, MD

Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® | Issue 8/2017

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The current evidence on vascular supply to the femoral head—evidence that could potentially guide new treatments for femoral neck fractures—is limited, fragmented, and variable [1, 2, 8]. Although controversial, the evidence does support the dominance of the inferior retinacular artery and its likely preservation after femoral neck fractures in order to maintain vascularity of the femoral head [1, 2, 4, 8]. …

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Title: CORR Insights®: Epiphyseal Arterial Network and Inferior Retinacular Artery Seem Critical to Femoral Head Perfusion in Adults With Femoral Neck Fractures
Author: Kodali Siva R. K. Prasad, MD
Publication date: 01-08-2017
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® / Issue 8/2017
Print ISSN: 0009-921X
Electronic ISSN: 1528-1132
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-017-5380-z

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