Impact of femoral head size on the localization of proximal femur fractures: Retrospective analysis of 400 cases
Larger femoral heads are associated with lateral fractures, whereas pertrochanteric fractures occur in older patients. Subtrochanteric fractures correlate with smaller femoral heads and advanced osteoarthritis.
Authors
- Nele Wagener (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4012-1363)
- Sebastian Hardt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8774-7585)
- Torsten Diekhoff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3593-1449)
- Gregor M. Giebel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6584-0671)
- Felix Rarreck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5337-977X)
Institutions
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma
- Published
- 2025-04-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcot.2025.103007
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Hip and Femur Fractures
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.01