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interrupt, break, or destroy; "fracture the balance of power"
breaking of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall" (同)break
fracture a bone of; "I broke my foot while playing hockey" (同)break
become fractured; "The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe"
break (a bone); "She broke her clavicle"
break into pieces; "The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle"
violate or abuse; "This writer really fractures the language"
the act of cracking something (同)crack, cracking
(histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body (同)fixing
the activity of fastening something firmly in position

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Bilateral non-traumatic hip fractures in a heavy smoker COPD patient on inhaled steroids.

Sanel S1, Sezgin G2, Sarıman N3, Ugutmen E1, Solakoglu C1.
Archives of osteoporosis.Arch Osteoporos.2016 Dec;11(1):8. doi: 10.1007/s11657-016-0259-2. Epub 2016 Jan 18.
INTRODUCTION: Bilateral proximal femoral fractures without trauma are very rare conditions. They have been reported in connection with osteoporosis, renal osteodystrophy, parathyroid disease, tumors, epileptic seizures, electroconvulsive therapy, and postirradiation.METHOD: We present a case of a 75
PMID 26781126

Biodegradable nanofiber-membrane for sustainable release of lidocaine at the femoral fracture site as a periosteal block: In vitro and in vivo studies in a rabbit model.

Chou YC1, Cheng YS2, Hsu YH1, Yu YH1, Liu SJ3.
Colloids and surfaces. B, Biointerfaces.Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces.2016 Apr 1;140:332-41. doi: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2016.01.011. Epub 2016 Jan 11.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a biodegradable, lidocaine-embedded, nanofibrous membrane for the sustainable analgesic release onto fragments of a segmental femoral fracture site. Membranes of three different lidocaine concentrations (10%, 30%, and 50%) were produced via an el
PMID 26774570

Lee DS1, Weikert DR2.
The Orthopedic clinics of North America.Orthop Clin North Am.2016 Apr;47(2):415-24. doi: 10.1016/j.ocl.2015.09.014.
Complications following any form of distal radius fixation remain prevalent. With an armamentarium of fixation options available to practicing surgeons, familiarity with the risks of newer plate technology as it compares with other conventional methods is crucial to optimizing surgical outcome and m
PMID 26772950