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Femoral Neck Fractures in the Young Patient

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This chapter focuses on the clinical presentation, diagnosis, treatment options, and long-term prognosis of femoral neck fractures in the young patient utilizing both retrospective and prospective data ranging from 1975 to 2017.

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  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA

    Cory A. Collinge

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  1. Department of Orthopedics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

    Manish K. Sethi

  2. Department of Orthopedics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

    William T. Obremskey

  3. Department of Orthopedics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

    A. Alex Jahangir

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Collinge, C.A. (2018). Femoral Neck Fractures in the Young Patient. In: Sethi, M., Obremskey, W., Jahangir, A. (eds) Orthopedic Traumatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73392-0_17

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