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Bilateral trochanteric fractures of the femur in a patient with chronic renal failure

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We report a spontaneous intertrochanteric fracture with bilateral avulsion of the greater trochanter in a patient with chronic renal failure.

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 Nous rapportons une cas de fracture intertrochantérienne spontanée avec avulsion bilatérale du grand trochanter chez un malade insuffisant rénal chronique.

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Accepted: 29 November 1999

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Akçalı, Ö., Ko¸say, C., Günal, I. et al. Bilateral trochanteric fractures of the femur in a patient with chronic renal failure. International Orthopaedics SICOT 24, 179–180 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002640000146

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Keywords

  • Renal Failure
  • Chronic Renal Failure
  • Great Trochanter
  • Trochanteric Fracture
  • Intertrochanteric Fracture