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Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® 6/2010

01-06-2010 | In Brief

In Brief: Fractures in Brief: Femoral Neck Fractures

Authors: Joseph Bernstein, MD, Jaimo Ahn, MD, PhD

Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® | Issue 6/2010

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Femoral neck fractures are low-energy injuries in the aged, associated with frequent falls, ill health, and osteoporosis, and less commonly, high-energy injuries in the young. Femoral neck fractures are serious injuries. Although the surgical treatment for these fractures is refined, poor outcomes are not uncommon: many of the elderly patients die within a year of injury, and many of those who survive do not regain their preinjury level of function [5]. …
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Metadata
Title
In Brief: Fractures in Brief: Femoral Neck Fractures
Authors
Joseph Bernstein, MD
Jaimo Ahn, MD, PhD
Publication date
01-06-2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® / Issue 6/2010
Print ISSN: 0009-921X
Electronic ISSN: 1528-1132
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-010-1295-7

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