Low-energy spontaneous femoral fractures in patients with long-term bisphosphonate therapy.

Pérez, A Zarza; Martín Alguacil, J L; Campos Melenchón, B; Delgado Martínez, A D · Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol · 2012

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Abstract

Long-term bisphosphonate therapy has been associated with low-energy subtrochanteric and femoral diaphyseal fractures in recent reports. We report three cases of a characteristic pathologic fracture of the subtrochanteric part of femoral, one of them bilateral.

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