[Treatment of ununited fractures and pseudarthroses of the neck of the femur in persons of middle and old age].
1976
O N Gudushauri, and
D Goguadze
UI
MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D011542
Pseudarthrosis
A pathologic entity characterized by deossification of a weight-bearing long bone, followed by bending and pathologic fracture, with inability to form normal BONY CALLUS leading to existence of the "false joint" that gives the condition its name. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Pseudoarthrosis,Pseudarthroses,Pseudoarthroses
D005260
Female
Females
D005265
Femoral Neck Fractures
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.