Propagation of Bisphosphonate-Related Femoral Stress Fractures Despite Femoral Nailing
We report 2 cases of atypical femoral fracture displacement despite treatment with intramedullary (IM) nailing. Both patients had received more than 3 years of bisphosphonates. One patient had prophylactic fixation of an atypical femur fracture due to intractable pain. The other had undergone nailin...
Main Authors: | Christian Fang FRCSEd, Jackie Yee-Man Chau LMCHK, Siu-Bon Woo FRCSEd, Tak-Wing Lau FRCSEd, Kenny Kwan FRCSEd, Frankie Leung FRCSEd |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
SAGE Publishing
2014-03-01
|
Series: | Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2151458514522058 |
Similar Items
-
Percutaneous Basal Closing Wedge Osteotomy of the First Metatarsal in the Treatment of Moderate to Severe Hallux Valgus and Its Short-Term Clinical Outcomes
by: K. B. Chan MBBS, FRCSEd(Orth), et al.
Published: (2018-04-01) -
Employing Conventional Instrumentation with Computer-Aided Surgery in Total Knee Replacement — Making it Simple
by: Mashfiqul A Siddiqui MBBS, FRCSEd (Orth), et al.
Published: (2013-12-01) -
Novel use of the falciform ligament for reconstruction of the inferior vena cava and its tributary
by: Janet W.C. Kung, MBChB, PhD, FRCSEd (Gen), et al.
Published: (2021-09-01) -
Deep Anterior lamellar Keratoplasty: In search of Holy Grail!
by: Rasik B. Vajpayee, MS, FRCSEd, FRANZCO
Published: (2017-12-01) -
EUS-guided gallbladder drainage: is it so easy?
by: Anthony Yuen Bun Teoh , FRCSEd (Gen)
Published: (2020-01-01)