An Unusual Complication in Osteonecrosis of Femoral Head: A Case Report

We report a case of fracture of femoral head occurring in the setting of underlying osteonecrosis following a low-energy trauma in a middle-aged male. Patient also has underlying pelvic pathology from a previous trauma. The possible mechanism of injury is discussed. Extensive literature search revea...

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Autores principales: Vaidyanathan, Singaravadivelu, Murugan, Yuvaraja, Paulraj, Kingsly
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3562614/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23401822
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/313289
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description We report a case of fracture of femoral head occurring in the setting of underlying osteonecrosis following a low-energy trauma in a middle-aged male. Patient also has underlying pelvic pathology from a previous trauma. The possible mechanism of injury is discussed. Extensive literature search reveals that this is the first report of a fracture in an osteonecrotic femoral head.
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spelling pubmed-35626142013-02-11 An Unusual Complication in Osteonecrosis of Femoral Head: A Case Report Vaidyanathan, Singaravadivelu Murugan, Yuvaraja Paulraj, Kingsly Case Rep Orthop Case Report We report a case of fracture of femoral head occurring in the setting of underlying osteonecrosis following a low-energy trauma in a middle-aged male. Patient also has underlying pelvic pathology from a previous trauma. The possible mechanism of injury is discussed. Extensive literature search reveals that this is the first report of a fracture in an osteonecrotic femoral head. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-01-17 /pmc/articles/PMC3562614/ /pubmed/23401822 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/313289 Text en Copyright © 2013 Singaravadivelu Vaidyanathan et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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