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Trauma of the Hip and Femoral Shaft

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Injuries involving the hip and femur, like many others, have two peaks of incidence. One is in the elderly involving fragility fractures and two are high-energy injuries involving more active members of society.

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  1. Orthopedic Surgery, Institute for Global Orthopedics and Traumatology, UCSF, 1001 Potrero Ave, 3A-36, San Francisco, CA, 94110, USA

    Richard A. Gosselin MD, MPH, MSc, FRCS(c)

  2. Orthopedic Surgery Department, Sir Salimullah Medical College (SSMC) Mitford Hospital, Mitford Road, Dhaka, 1100, Bangladesh

    Faruque Quasem MBBS, MS (Orth.)

  3. SIGN Fracture Care International, Surgery, Kadlec Hospital, 2548 Harris Ave Richland, Washington, 99354, USA

    Lewis G. Zirkle MD

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  1. Richard A. Gosselin MD, MPH, MSc, FRCS(c)
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Correspondence to Richard A. Gosselin MD, MPH, MSc, FRCS(c) .

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  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Institute for Global Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

    Richard A. Gosselin

  2. Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    David A. Spiegel

  3. Columbus, Montana, USA

    Michelle Foltz

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Gosselin, R.A., Quasem, F., Zirkle, L.G. (2014). Trauma of the Hip and Femoral Shaft. In: Gosselin, R., Spiegel, D., Foltz, M. (eds) Global Orthopedics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1578-7_22

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