Repetitive Insufficiency Fractures of the Femoral Shaft: A Case Report
Journal of the Korean Fracture Society
;
: 109-112, 2010.
Article
in Korean
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| ID: wpr-123317
ABSTRACT
Stress fractures occur when the loads applied to a bone exceed the mechanical resistance and fall into two groups. Fatigue fractures, in which abnormal mechanical stress is applied to a normal bone, and insufficiency fractures, in which fracture occurs when stress of normal activity is applied to a bone that has decreased elastic resistance. Femoral shaft insufficiency fractures are reported rarely in patients with postmenopausal osteoporosis. We report a case of repetitive insufficiency fractures of the femoral shaft in 70 year-old female with marked osteoporosis.
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Main subject:
Osteoporosis
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Stress, Mechanical
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Fractures, Stress
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Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal
Limits:
Female
/
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Fracture Society
Year:
2010
Type:
Article
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