Incomplete Atypical Femoral Fracture With Severe Bowing Treated by Intramedullary Nail and Corrective Osteotomy

We present the case of an 82-year-old female who had difficulty walking due to right thigh pain caused by incomplete atypical femoral fracture (AFF). The femoral bowing was so severe that intramedullary nail insertion was impossible, so we performed a corrective osteotomy of the femur and inserted t...

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Autores principales: Sato, Shinsuke, Kitamura, Daisuke, Murase, Shuhei, Tanaka, Yuji, Yamakawa, Kiyofumi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
Materias:
Orthopedics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10224705/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37252474
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.38175

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10224705/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37252474
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.38175

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