Treatment of a femoral shaft fracture in a patient with congenital hip disease: a case report

INTRODUCTION: We present a rare case of two concomitant morbidities treated in one operation. To our knowledge, this is the first report of its kind in the literature. CASE PRESENTATION: A 57-year-old Greek woman was admitted to the emergency department having sustained a spiral mid-shaft femoral fr...

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Autores principales: Tsakotos, George A, Koutsostathis, Stefanos D, Macheras, George A
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2917441/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20649964
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-4-221
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Sumario:INTRODUCTION: We present a rare case of two concomitant morbidities treated in one operation. To our knowledge, this is the first report of its kind in the literature. CASE PRESENTATION: A 57-year-old Greek woman was admitted to the emergency department having sustained a spiral mid-shaft femoral fracture. She also suffered from an ipsilateral hip congenital dysplasia with ankylosed hip joint due to severe arthritis. She was treated with a total hip arthroplasty using a long stem performing as an intramedullary nail. CONCLUSION: We undertook a complex operative treatment of both co-morbidities in a one stage procedure with a satisfactory clinical result.

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