title: Hip fractures in previously amputated patients.
abstract: 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.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Hørby
authors: A P
authors: AP
authors: Andersson
authors: H J
authors: HJ
authors: Gyrtrup
mesh_terms: 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