"Femoral Neck Fractures" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Fractures of the short, constricted portion of the thigh bone between the femur head and the trochanters. It excludes intertrochanteric fractures which are HIP FRACTURES.
| Descriptor ID |
D005265
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C26.404.061.425.500 C26.531.750.500 C26.558.276.425.500
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| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Femoral Neck Fractures" by people in Profiles.
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The impact of subtrochanteric fracture criteria on hip fracture classification. Osteoporos Int. 2012 Feb; 23(2):743-50.
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Risk factors for severity and type of the hip fracture. J Bone Miner Res. 2009 May; 24(5):943-55.
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Relative rates of fracture of the hip in the United States. Geographic, sex, and age variations. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1995 May; 77(5):695-702.
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Fidelity of three-dimensional CT imaging for detecting fracture gaps. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 1989 May-Jun; 13(3):487-9.