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Research Article| Volume 10, ISSUE 4, P281-284, May 1979

Internal fixation of fractures of the neck of the femur in hemiplegic patients

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0020-1383(79)90044-5
Internal fixation of fractures of the neck of the femur in hemiplegic patients
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      Abstract

      There was a history of hemiplegia due to stroke in 97 (6.5 per cent) of 1483 consecutive patients with fresh fractures of the neck of the femur. Both cervical and trochanteric fractures occurred significantly more often on the hemiplegic side. Internal fixation was technically satisfactory in trochanteric fractures, but failed frequently in cervical fractures.
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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0020-1383(79)90044-5

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