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Subtrochanteric Fracture Wheeless (Visit this link)

Wheel definition: - between lesser trochanter and 5 cm distal, even as far as center of isthmus of the femoral shaft; - technically starts below the lesser tuberosity; - medial and posteromedial cortex is a site of high compressive forces, while the lateral cortex experiences high tensile stressesess' Textbook of Orthopaedics

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