Open AccessDoes Fracture Affect the Healing Time or Frequency of Recurrence in a Simple Bone Cyst of the Proximal Femur?
Author(s) -
Soo Min,
Hyun Dae Shin,
Kyung Cheon Kim,
Jung Woo Park
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.178
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1007/s11999-014-3768-6
Subject(s) - medicine , bone healing , intramedullary rod , surgery , femur , radiography , retrospective cohort study , long bone , cyst
Studies have focused on intramedullary nailing of femoral simple bone cysts but have not clarified the recurrence frequency or management of recurrent cysts. In particular, the affect of pathologic fractures on cyst healing, recurrence, and complications of treatment have not been reported.
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