A complex proximal femoral fracture.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.injury.2016.07.049.
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Abstract
We present the case of a 39-year-old sportswoman who was involved in a motorcycle accident in 2012. She sustained a complex proximal femoral fracture that involved the neck and trochanteric region. We decided to preserve the natural bone stock and repair the fractures, adopting skeletal traction in the first stage and then implanting an intramedullary nail. Twenty months later the fracture was healed clinically and radiologically and the patient was able to walk and run without pain.
Medical subject headings
- Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary
- Hip Fractures
- Leg Length Inequality