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Orthopedics
; 7(1): 83-5, 1984 Jan 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-24822613
ABSTRACT
Prolonged immobility predisposes to a multitude of medical problems. In the rheumatoid patient, immobility contributes to a preexisting problem of osteoporosis. Our patient with longstanding rheumatoid arthritis underwent total knee arthroplasty and subsequently developed a fatigue fracture of the ipsilateral femoral neck. To our knowledge, this is the first such case to be reported in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis.