However, since the advent of press-fit femoral stems for hip arthroplasty, we have seen a number of patients who have sustained iatrogenic fractures of the proximal and medial aspect of the femur ...

Radiographs demonstrated a displaced fracture of the medial and proximal femur ... Press-Fit Components and Iatrogenic Fractures of the Femur. MedGenMed 2(3), 2000 [formerly published in Medscape ...