Late Occurring Medial Migration of a Lag Screw in Gamma Nailing

An 81-year-old female was treated for a pertrochanteric multifragmentary fracture of the proximal femur with a third-generation Gamma nail. After 3 months she presented herself again with acute pain and inability to bear weight on the leg. Radiographs showed medial migration of the lag screw. She wa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: van Hoef, S., Fuchs, M. C. H. W., ten Broeke, R. H. M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4893580/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27313926
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/5201674
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Sumario:An 81-year-old female was treated for a pertrochanteric multifragmentary fracture of the proximal femur with a third-generation Gamma nail. After 3 months she presented herself again with acute pain and inability to bear weight on the leg. Radiographs showed medial migration of the lag screw. She was treated with a total hip arthroplasty, after which she was successfully discharged. In this case report the possible causes of this late and unusual complication are discussed.

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