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We report a patient with insufficiency fracture that occurred after intramedullary nailing for a subtrochanteric fracture. Intramedullary nailing is speculated to have increased the stress in the already osteoporotic subcapital region. It therefore should be recognized as a causative factor in insufficiency fracture of the femoral neck. Careful follow-up is needed for patients with this condition.
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Received for publication on Nov. 16, 1998; accepted on Feb. 23, 1999
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Kitajima, I., Tachibana, S., Mikami, Y. et al. Insufficiency fracture of the femoral neck after intramedullary nailing. J Orthop Sci 4, 304–306 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s007760050108
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s007760050108