title: Morphology of the femur in proximal femoral fractures.
abstract: We studied the morphology of the contralateral femur in 10 patients with subcapital fractures, 10 with trochanteric fractures and 10 with unilateral osteoarthritis. We found that the patients with trochanteric fractures had a significantly shorter femoral neck (4.5 +/- 0.5 cm) than patients with subcapital fractures or osteoarthritis (5.4 +/- 0.4 cm). It may be that this difference in femoral neck length is related to the site at which a proximal femoral fracture occurs.
authors.affiliation: Whittington Hospital, London, England.
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Ferris
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kennedy
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bhamra
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Muirhead-Allwood
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001699:Biometry / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D005272:Femur Neck / Q000473:pathology; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015207:Osteoarthritis, Hip / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography