Journal of Musculoskeletal Trauma

Case Report

Repetitive Insufficiency Fractures of the Femoral Shaft: A Case Report: Ji Hwan Kim, Young Ho Cho, Young Soo Byun, Jung Hoon Shin, Chung Yeol Lee, Tae Gyun Kim; J Korean Fract Soc 2010;23(1):109-112. Published online January 31, 2010; DOI: https://doi.org/10.12671/jkfs.2010.23.1.109

Abstract PDF: 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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