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THE ROLE OF FATIGUE IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF SENILE FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES



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Abstract

1. Senile subcapital fractures in osteoporotic patients are due to fatigue, not to the impact of a fall, since they are preceded by the local accumulation of isolated trabecular fatigue fractures.

2. One pathological significance of the isolated trabecular fractures described by Todd, Freeman and Pirie (1972) has been demonstrated.

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