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Charley Davidson’ s pal Sanza Time had a similar accident, but, instead of fracturing his tibia, he sustained a closed fracture of the femur. This fracture was treated by closed intramedullary rodding, and Sanza, against the advice of his surgeon, was back on his bike as soon as the repair shop pronounced it ready. Also against the advice of his doctor, he went back to his job in a steel mill, where he was on his feet all day, and even played a little Softball on weekends. His doctor was hardly surprised, then, that, about 11 weeks after his operation, Sanza had a sudden pain in the thigh. A roentgenogram showed a broken rod associated with an ununited femur. How could such a thing happen?
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Lucas, G.L., Cooke, F.W., Friis, E.A. (1999). Mechanics of Implants. In: A Primer of Biomechanics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8487-6_11
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