Vertebral fractures in patients treated for femur proximal third fractures

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the prevalence of fractures of the vertebral bodies in patients with femur proximal third fracture. METHODS: Cross-sectional study conducted at Hospital de Clínicas, Unicamp, SP, Brazil, between May and December 2012, which referred the patients with proximal femur fra...

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Main Authors: Gabriel Gomes Freitas de Castro, Marcelo Italo Risso Neto, Guilherme Rebechi Zuiani, Paulo Tadeu Maia Cavali, William Dias Belangero, Ivan Guidolin Veiga, Wagner Pasqualini, Marcos Antônio Tebet, Élcio Landim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Coluna (SBC) 2014-09-01
Series:Coluna/Columna
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1808-18512014000300228&lng=en&tlng=en