Incidence and treatment of femur fractures in adults with osteogenesis imperfecta: an analysis of an expert clinic of 216 patients.

Wouter Alexander GoudriaanGerrit Jan HarsevoortMarije van LeeuwenAntonius Adrianus FrankenGuus Johannes Maria Janus

Published in: European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society (2018)

OI adults were prone to developing femur fractures and non-unions. Especially type 4 OI adults, with conservatively treated shaft fractures, were at high risk for non-unions.

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