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Distal Femur Fracture in 53F
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Jeffrey Earhart MD
Ortho Illinois
Vince Morgan MD
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Rush University Medical Center
Rush University Medical Center
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A 53-year-old female presented to a level 1 trauma center after a mechanical ground-level fall on ice. She has a history of chronic left knee pain att...ributed to osteoarthritis but was deemed a poor surgical candidate due to her high BMI. She is a community ambulator without assistive devices before this injury.
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PMID: 17363293 J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2007 Sep-Oct;16(5):e10-2. Epub 2007 Mar 23.
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Acute failure of distal biceps reconstruction: a case report.

Leonid I Katolik
John Fernandez
Mark Cohen MD
Orthopedic Building at Rush University Medical Center
Acute failure of distal biceps reconstruction: a case report.
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