Hip fractures in previously amputated patients.
In four previously amputated patients with hip fractures, the ratios between the mean thickness of the femoral cortex and the total width of the femoral shaft in two patients with a low degree of prior mobilization (0.03 and 0.07) are compared to those of two formerly fully ambulatory patients (0.17 and 0.31). These are then compared to the ratios in a group of twenty age-matched and previously normal, non-amputated patients with hip fractures (median 0.23, range: 0.16-0.29). The obvious difference between the ratios of those patients who suffered perioperative problems, and those who did not, appears to be related to the degree of prior mobilization.
Hørby
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Andersson
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Gyrtrup
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D005260:Female; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography