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INTRACAPSULAR FRACTURES OF THE NECK OF THE FEMUR



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Abstract

1. A study of fifty femoral heads removed at operation for primary prosthetic replacement showed a remarkable constancy of the fracture line.

2. It is suggested that two sub-groups of this fracture-subcapital and transcervical-have been described as a result of radiological interpretation without consideration of the effects of varying degrees of rotation.

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