Bilateral Fractures of the Frmoral Neck

Eighteen bilateral fractures of the upper end of the femur were analysed retrospectively. The incidence of bilateral fracture was 11.0% of the total. A preponderace of female patients was found in the bilateral fracture group. However no difference in sex was found between the unilateral and bilater...

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Published inOrthopedics & Traumatology Vol. 43; no. 3; pp. 1034 - 1036
Main Authors Sakinaga, Yasuo, Yonei, Toru, Ninomiya, Takumi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published West-Japanese Society of Orthopedics & Traumatology 1994
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Femoral neck fracture/bilateral
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ISSN0037-1033
1349-4333
1349-4333
DOI10.5035/nishiseisai.43.1034

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Summary:Eighteen bilateral fractures of the upper end of the femur were analysed retrospectively. The incidence of bilateral fracture was 11.0% of the total. A preponderace of female patients was found in the bilateral fracture group. However no difference in sex was found between the unilateral and bilateral groups. There was a higher percentage of symmetrical fractures in the bilateral group.
ISSN:0037-1033
1349-4333
1349-4333
DOI:10.5035/nishiseisai.43.1034