A report is presented on 25 fatigue fractures of the femoral neck in 20-year-old military recruits with an otherwise healthy skeleton. The problems of diagnosis are described. Principles for the treatment of these stress fractures are elaborated on the basis of pathophysiological considerations and
Pseudopathologic fracture of the femoral neck
โ Scribed by Thomas Lee Pope; Theodore E. Keats; Carol B. Stelling; Richard Goldner; Mark Logan
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1981
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 695 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-2348
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