Prof. Dr. A.B. (Arie) van Vugt on nondisplaced femoral neck fractures Could you introduce yourself? My name is Arie van Vugt, I’ve more than thirty years experience in trauma surgery. I published my thesis in 1991; the subject was the treatment of...
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Prof. Dr. A.B. (Arie) van Vugt on nondisplaced femoral neck fractures Could you introduce yourself? My name is Arie van Vugt, I’ve more than thirty years experience in trauma surgery. I published my thesis in 1991; the subject was the treatment of intracapsular hip fractures with Dynamic Hip Screws. Later on, I became chair of the guideline committee for the treatment of hip fractures in elderly people in the Netherlands, a cooperation of the Dutch Surgical Society and the Dutch Orthopaedic Society. Apart from your past, do you still have connec- tions with the hip fracture? Of course, the hip fracture, which is the epidemic disease of this century, has always been in my mind and is still in my heart after thirty years, it’s an important subject. What makes the hip fracture special? Femoral neck fracture is a known problem of course, not only because of the biologics, not only because of the avascular necrosis of the hip but also the biomechanical problems. What could you tell us about
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