Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine
Volume 17, Issue 2 , Pages 90-93 , April 2009

Femoral Neck Stress Fractures

  • Nicola Maffulli, MD, MS, PhD, FRCS (Orth)

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Mile End Hospital, London, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Nicola Maffulli, MD, MS, PhD, FRCS (Orth), The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Mile End Hospital, 275 Bancroft Rd, London E1 4DG, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Umile Giuseppe Longo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Campus Biomedico University, Rome, Italy
    • ,
  • Vincenzo Denaro, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Campus Biomedico University, Rome, Italy

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PII: S1060-1872(09)00063-X

doi: 10.1053/j.otsm.2009.06.001

Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine
Volume 17, Issue 2 , Pages 90-93 , April 2009

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