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Fracture of femur without evidence of severe osteoporosis rarely occurs as a
result of minor external force such as a gentle passive or an active range of
motion exercises....
Autosomal dominant osteopetrosis (ADO) is a sclerotic bone disorder due to failure of osteoclasts. ADO poses difficulties during arthroplasty because of the increased chance for iatrogenic fractures due to sclerotic...
In this abstract we report a case of Albright's syndrome associated with hypophosphatemic rickets and hyperthyroidism in a six-year-old girl. She had suffered from repeated fractures of her long bones...
PURPOSE: To analyze the results of surgical treatment for pathological fractures at the proximal femur.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Nineteen patients with a pathological fracture were included. The mean age was 65.7...