title: Displaced stress fracture of the femoral shaft: a report of three cases.
abstract: Three cases of displaced stress fracture of the femoral shaft are reported. All patients were young conscripts. Before displacement, the patients had suffered from knee and distal femoral pains for 2-6 weeks. All fractures were located at the border of the middle and distal third of the femoral shaft and had a short oblique form. Plating was performed in two and intramedullary nailing in one case. A fast bony union into a good position was achieved in all cases. Scintigraphy is indicated for an early diagnosis, which enables conservative treatment and prevention of the fracture displacement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Central Military Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Visuri
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hietaniemi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015775:Fractures, Stress / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D011859:Radiography