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Construct Failure in an Atypical Femoral Fracture treated with Intramedullary Nailing: A Case Report
The aim of this paper is to document a rare case of construct failure in a 68-year old Filipina who sustained an atypical femoral fracture (AFF) in her left subtrochanteric area. The patient previously had a 40-month history of alendronate 70mg + vitamin D 5600u therapy for osteoporosis and underwen...
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Malaysian Orthopaedic Association
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4093543/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25279084 http://dx.doi.org/10.5704/MOJ.1403.008 |
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description | The aim of this paper is to document a rare case of construct failure in a 68-year old Filipina who sustained an atypical femoral fracture (AFF) in her left subtrochanteric area. The patient previously had a 40-month history of alendronate 70mg + vitamin D 5600u therapy for osteoporosis and underwent closed intramedullary nailing for the AFF. Six months postoperatively, she began to experience progressive pain in her operated thigh. Radiographs revealed a broken nail at the proximal screw hole and non-union of the AFF. The patient was treated with exposure of the fracture site, removal of the broken device, exchange intramedullary nailing, and iliac bone grafting. She had radiographic and clinical union and was full weight bearing after three months. |
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spelling | pubmed-40935432014-10-02 Construct Failure in an Atypical Femoral Fracture treated with Intramedullary Nailing: A Case Report Bonifacio, L Syson, P Malays Orthop J Research Article The aim of this paper is to document a rare case of construct failure in a 68-year old Filipina who sustained an atypical femoral fracture (AFF) in her left subtrochanteric area. The patient previously had a 40-month history of alendronate 70mg + vitamin D 5600u therapy for osteoporosis and underwent closed intramedullary nailing for the AFF. Six months postoperatively, she began to experience progressive pain in her operated thigh. Radiographs revealed a broken nail at the proximal screw hole and non-union of the AFF. The patient was treated with exposure of the fracture site, removal of the broken device, exchange intramedullary nailing, and iliac bone grafting. She had radiographic and clinical union and was full weight bearing after three months. Malaysian Orthopaedic Association 2014-03 /pmc/articles/PMC4093543/ /pubmed/25279084 http://dx.doi.org/10.5704/MOJ.1403.008 Text en Copyright © 2014, Malaysian Orthopaedic Journal This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/), which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Bonifacio, L Syson, P Construct Failure in an Atypical Femoral Fracture treated with Intramedullary Nailing: A Case Report |
title | Construct Failure in an Atypical Femoral Fracture treated
with Intramedullary Nailing: A Case Report |
title_full | Construct Failure in an Atypical Femoral Fracture treated
with Intramedullary Nailing: A Case Report |
title_fullStr | Construct Failure in an Atypical Femoral Fracture treated
with Intramedullary Nailing: A Case Report |
title_full_unstemmed | Construct Failure in an Atypical Femoral Fracture treated
with Intramedullary Nailing: A Case Report |
title_short | Construct Failure in an Atypical Femoral Fracture treated
with Intramedullary Nailing: A Case Report |
title_sort | construct failure in an atypical femoral fracture treated
with intramedullary nailing: a case report |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4093543/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25279084 http://dx.doi.org/10.5704/MOJ.1403.008 |
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