title: [The trace-element zinc in medial fractures of the collum femoris and in coxarthrosis (author's transl)].
abstract: In a comparative study among two groups of patients--persons with a medial fracture of the collum femoris and persons with advanced coxarthrosis--the zinc-content of the femur was measured. For this analysis a bone-biopsy was performed when an endoprothesis was implanted. In some of the patients the zinc-levels in the blood were determined on several occasions. If the zinc-content of the blood was low, similarly the zinc-content of the bone was reduced, especially in patients with medial fractures. In patients with severe coxarthrosis the zinc-content is reduced by 50%.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005265:Femoral Neck Fractures / Q000378:metabolism*; D005269:Femur / Q000378:metabolism; D006621:Hip Joint; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000378:metabolism*; D015032:Zinc / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D015032:Zinc
vernacular_title: Das Spurenelement Zink bei der medialen Schenkelhalsfraktur und Koxarthrose.