Repetitive Insufficiency Fractures of the Femoral Shaft: A Case Report.
10.12671/jkfs.2010.23.1.109
- Author:
Ji Hwan KIM
1
;
Young Ho CHO
;
Young Soo BYUN
;
Jung Hoon SHIN
;
Chung Yeol LEE
;
Tae Gyun KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Daegu Fatima Hospital, Daegu, Korea. fatimaos@unitel.co.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Femoral shaft;
Repetitive insufficiency fractures
- MeSH:
Female;
Fractures, Stress;
Humans;
Osteoporosis;
Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal;
Stress, Mechanical
- From:Journal of the Korean Fracture Society
2010;23(1):109-112
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Stress fractures occur when the loads applied to a bone exceed the mechanical resistance and fall into two groups. Fatigue fractures, in which abnormal mechanical stress is applied to a normal bone, and insufficiency fractures, in which fracture occurs when stress of normal activity is applied to a bone that has decreased elastic resistance. Femoral shaft insufficiency fractures are reported rarely in patients with postmenopausal osteoporosis. We report a case of repetitive insufficiency fractures of the femoral shaft in 70 year-old female with marked osteoporosis.
