Author/Editor		Fokter, SK; Vengust, V
Title		Displaced subcapital fracture of the hip in transient osteoporosis of pregnancy
Type		članek
Source		Int Orthop
Vol. and No.		Letnik 21, št. 3
Publication year		1997
Volume		str. 201-3
Language		eng
Abstract		We describe a case of displaced subcapital fracture of the hip in a woman in the third trimester of her first pregnancy. A pathological fracture occurred in a previously painful hip, and radiographs showed pronounced osteopenia of the femoral head and neck. Closed reduction and internal fixation was carried out 2 weeks after delivery when the osteopenia was still severe. healin of the fracture folloed with recovery of hip movements.
Descriptors		FEMORAL FRACTURES OSTEOPOROSIS PREGNANCY