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AP radiograph of an intertrochanteric hip fracture

AP radiograph of an intertrochanteric hip fracture
A right intertrochanteric fracture seen on anteroposterior hip radiograph. Note that although the femoral neck is intact, it has lost the normal angle with the femoral shaft.
AP: anterior posterior.
Reproduced with permission from: Koval KJ, MD and Zuckerman, JD, MD. Atlas of Orthopaedic Surgery: A Multimeidal Reference. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2004. Copyright © 2004 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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