Femoral fractures
Atypical Femoral Fractures and Bisphosphonates Treatment: Is it a Risk Factor?
... atypical femoral fractures with a well-defined radiological pattern have been described in association with prolonged treatment with ...with femoral fractures (subtrochanteric/diaphyseal) ...
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Reduction of femoral fractures in long-term care facilities: the Bavarian fracture prevention study.
... Even though the rate of femoral fractures decreased we believe that more fractures can be prevented. The interaction between physicians and nursing staff is often suboptimal and, as a result, ...
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RETROGRADE INTRAMEDULLARY INTERLOCKING NAIL: AN OPTIMAL TOOL FOR THE TREATMENT OF SUPRACONDYLAR FEMORAL FRACTURES
... distal femoral fractures because it is minimally invasive technique, better fixation and control of distal fragment, preservation of periosteal and fracture haematoma, negligible blood loss, less chance of ...
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Epidemiological Trends of Proximal Femoral Fractures in the Elderly Population in Portugal
... Results: 101,436 patients were included. There was a progressive increase in the number of hospitalizations per year over the period analyzed. The mean age at admission was 79.32 (± 12.33) years presenting a progressive ...
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Atypical Femoral Fractures Associated with Long-Term Treatment with Bisphosphonates
... Clinical Cases: We present two cases of female patients under bisphosphonate treatment for over 10 years who were admitted to our institution for subtrochanteric and femoral shaft fractures after low-energy ...
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Clinics vol.69 número1
... these fractures vary greatly due to the different numbers of clinical cases ...proximal femoral fractures (7,8) are difficult to fix with an intramedullary ...
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Sao Paulo Med. J. vol.131 número1
... OBJECTIVE: Femoral fractures are common in children between 2 and 12 years of age, and 75% of the lesions afect the femoral ...for femoral shaft fractures using intramedullary nails ...
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Rev. bras. ortop. vol.51 número5
... appears to influence mortality in elderly patients with femoral fractures. In a study of 8383 subjects, patients were divided into three groups: first group were operated within the first 24 hours after ...
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Construct Failure in an Atypical Femoral Fracture treated with Intramedullary Nailing: A Case Report
... Atypical femoral fractures (AFFs) have been reported after prolonged intake of bisphosphonates ...the femoral diaphysis from just distal to the lesser trochanter to just proximal to the supracondylar ...
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Estudo prospectivo e randomizado de pacientes com fraturas expostas da diáfise do fêmur submetidos a osteossíntese com placa e haste intramedular bloqueada a foco aberto
... with femoral fractures caused by gun shots (cases 8, 15, and 17), we had a randomization break, because the surgeon was not experienced with insert- ing locked intramedullary nails, and the patients ...
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Rev. bras. ortop. vol.47 número2 en v47n2a07
... presented femoral fractures as their only ...these fractures were similar to those described in the literature and the treatment used showed good ...pediatric femoral shaft ...
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THE CORRECT IMPLANT CHOICE FOR TRANSTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE IN BRAZIL.
... Objective: To assess the adequacy to the Brazilian population of orthopedic implants used for treatment of proximal femoral fractures. Methods: The neck-shaft angle of the femur of 101 patients was measured ...
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Rev. bras. ortop. vol.51 número5
... 7. Ritter MA, Thong AE, Keating EM, Faris PM, Meding JB, Berend ME, et al. The effect of femoral notching during total knee arthroplasty on the prevalence of postoperative femoral fractures and on ...
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Rev. bras. ortop. vol.47 número5
... diaphysis fractures treated with elastic titanium intrame- dullary nails with retrograde insertion were included in the ...bilateral fractures and two exposed ...unstable femoral fractures in ...
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Clinics vol.62 número5
... with femoral fractures. Hip fractures are often an epiphe- nomenon related to patients’ underlying diseases and frailty, with a particularly high mortality resulting from their or- ganic ...
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Symptoms Indicating Imminent Breakage of a Femoral Interlocking Nail: A Case Report
... nailing couls be done before the breakage occurs, obviating the possibility of a difficult extraction. Further studies will need to be carried out to see if this can be extrapolated to the larger population of traumatic ...
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Reimplantation of an Extruded Femoral Segment After Gamma Sterilization in A Type IIIA Supracondylar Femur Fracture: A Case Report
... Ensuing outpatient follow-up showed excellent wound healing. At three months post-operative, there was radiographic evidence of bridging fracture site callus. Partial weight bearing was then allowed. At six months post ...
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Rev. bras. ortop. vol.47 número6 en v47n6a04
... the femoral head can vary in size, the first 30, 40 and 50 mm of each screw were arbitrarily considered, to simulate different penetration lengths of the screws inside the femoral ...
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Rev. Assoc. Med. Bras. vol.61 número1
... Searches were conducted in the Medline database. The MeSH (Medical Subject Heading Terms) key-words used for the search were: “femoral neck”, “fractures/surgery”, “child”, “femoral neck ...
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EPIDEMIOLOGY AND SOCIAL BURDEN OF THE FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES.
... hip fractures represent a major economic burden on the health care systems in the ...million fractures with patients over 50 years old, costing a total of $17 billion for medical ...registered ...
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