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Surgical Technique: Surgical Fixation of Nondisplaced Femoral Neck Stress Fracture

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Hip Arthroscopy and Hip Joint Preservation Surgery

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Femoral neck stress fracture (FNSF) is an uncommon pathology, usually related to athletic participation and military activity. They represent a type of fatigue fracture, which occur secondary to repeated loads on a normal bone. While incomplete compression-side FNSF are stable, and can be treated nonoperatively, tension-side or complete fractures are unstable and are at risk of displacement. Thus, prompt diagnosis is critical and surgical management with internal fixation is often recommended.

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  1. Department of Trauma Orthopaedic Surgery, Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, Chicago, IL, USA

    Joel C. Williams

  2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA

    Felipe S. Bessa & E. Bailey Terhune

  3. Instituto Brasil de Tecnologias da Saúde (IBTS), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Felipe S. Bessa

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Division of Sports Medicine, Section of Young Adult Hip Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA

    Shane J. Nho

  2. Sports Medicine and Shoulder Service, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Asheesh Bedi

  3. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Joint Preservation and Cartilage Restoration Center, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Michael J. Salata

  4. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA

    Richard C. Mather III

  5. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine and Shoulder Service, Center for Hip Preservation Surgery Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, USA

    Bryan T. Kelly

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    Dean K. Matsuda

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Williams, J.C., Bessa, F.S., Terhune, E.B. (2022). Surgical Technique: Surgical Fixation of Nondisplaced Femoral Neck Stress Fracture. In: Nho, S.J., Bedi, A., Salata, M.J., Mather III, R.C., Kelly, B.T. (eds) Hip Arthroscopy and Hip Joint Preservation Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43240-9_180

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