Low-energy spontaneous femoral fractures in patients with long-term bisphosphonate therapy.
case_series · Level IV
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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.
Anatomy
- femur