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KMID : 0374019880110010059
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Ewha Medical Journal
1988 Volume.11 No. 1 p.59 ~ p.63
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Postirradiation Fracture of the Femoral Neck
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Abstract
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Postirradiation fracture of pelvis and femoral neck is a rare complication of malignant carcinoma of pelvic organs.
According to Leabhart and Bonfiglio(1961), femoal neck fracturare after radiotherapy of pelvic organ carcinoma is about 1.5% among the involved patients and the common sites of primary neoplasms are cervix, uterus, ovary and urethra in order.
A case of 53-year-old female with postirradiation femoral neck fracture was treated at department of orthopedic surgery, Ewha womans University Hostpital after 5,000 rad. of radiotherapy for the treatment of urethral malignancy.
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