Lesser Trochanter Migration following Intramedullary Fixation of an Intertrochanteric Femur Fracture

Intertrochanteric femur fractures are commonly observed in the elderly and may be associated with a complete fracture of the lesser trochanter in over 50% of cases. The migration of the lesser trochanter secondary to the psoas muscle contracture is a rare event. This case report presents a rare case...

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Autores principales: Montoli, Carlo, Pasquali, Cecilia, Paiusco, Elia, Pellecchia, Vincenzo, Vulcano, Ettore
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4783562/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27006846
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9348032
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author Montoli, Carlo
Pasquali, Cecilia
Paiusco, Elia
Pellecchia, Vincenzo
Vulcano, Ettore
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Pasquali, Cecilia
Paiusco, Elia
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Vulcano, Ettore
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description Intertrochanteric femur fractures are commonly observed in the elderly and may be associated with a complete fracture of the lesser trochanter in over 50% of cases. The migration of the lesser trochanter secondary to the psoas muscle contracture is a rare event. This case report presents a rare case of sudden groin pain three-week status after intramedullary fixation of a intertrochanteric femur fracture.
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spelling pubmed-47835622016-03-22 Lesser Trochanter Migration following Intramedullary Fixation of an Intertrochanteric Femur Fracture Montoli, Carlo Pasquali, Cecilia Paiusco, Elia Pellecchia, Vincenzo Vulcano, Ettore Case Rep Orthop Case Report Intertrochanteric femur fractures are commonly observed in the elderly and may be associated with a complete fracture of the lesser trochanter in over 50% of cases. The migration of the lesser trochanter secondary to the psoas muscle contracture is a rare event. This case report presents a rare case of sudden groin pain three-week status after intramedullary fixation of a intertrochanteric femur fracture. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-02-22 /pmc/articles/PMC4783562/ /pubmed/27006846 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9348032 Text en Copyright © 2016 Carlo Montoli et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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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Pellecchia, Vincenzo
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Lesser Trochanter Migration following Intramedullary Fixation of an Intertrochanteric Femur Fracture
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title_fullStr Lesser Trochanter Migration following Intramedullary Fixation of an Intertrochanteric Femur Fracture
title_full_unstemmed Lesser Trochanter Migration following Intramedullary Fixation of an Intertrochanteric Femur Fracture
title_short Lesser Trochanter Migration following Intramedullary Fixation of an Intertrochanteric Femur Fracture
title_sort lesser trochanter migration following intramedullary fixation of an intertrochanteric femur fracture
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4783562/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9348032
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