title: Insufficiency fracture of ipsilateral femur neck in patient treated with long term bisphosphonate treatment - a case report -.
abstract: Bisphosphonate is notable for the treatment of osteoporosis in the world. But recently if Bisphosphonate is taken for a long time, it causes an insufficiency fracture by suppression of bone turn-over and it is reported rarely on femur neck. Here we report a case of insufficiency fracture on ipsilateral femur neck in woman treated with long term Bisphosphonate therapy.
authors: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Samsung Changwon Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Changwon, Korea.
authors: Do-Hoon
authors: DH
authors: Kim
authors: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Samsung Changwon Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Changwon, Korea.
authors: Eui-Chul
authors: EC
authors: Lee
authors: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Samsung Changwon Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Changwon, Korea.
authors: Seok-Kwon
authors: SK
authors: Kang
keywords: Bisphosphonate; Femur neck; Insufficiency fracture; Osteoporosis