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Right femoral neck pathologic fracture and left femoral subcapital insufficiency fracture in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis

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Japanese Journal of Rheumatology

Abstract

An 80-year-old female with rheumatoid arthritis had a giant erosion of the right femoral neck resulting in a pathologic fracture that was managed by osteosynthesis and a free fibular bone graft, after which a left femoral subcapital insufficiency fracture was treated by artificial endoprosthesis. One and a half years after the operation on her right hip, she can walk painlessly with the assistance of a wheel chair.

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  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Inazawa City Hospital, 1-1 Gokusyo-cho, 492-8510, Inazawa city, Japan

    Takakazu Imamura & Takayoshi Fujibayashi

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  1. Takakazu Imamura
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Imamura, T., Fujibayashi, T. Right femoral neck pathologic fracture and left femoral subcapital insufficiency fracture in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis. Japanese Journal of Rheumatology 9, 203–208 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03041277

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