Simultaneous Bilateral Intertrochanteric Fractures of the Femur: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Simultaneous bilateral intertrochanteric fractures are very rare, and only a few cases have been reported in the literature. They usually result from severe trauma. They are serious injuries with high morbidity and mortality rates. Successful management of these patients involves adequate resuscitat...

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Autores principales: Vaishya, Raju, Agarwal, Amit Kumar, Nwagbara, Ifeanyi C, Vijay, Vipul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2017
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Orthopedics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5472454/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28626621
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1236
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author Vaishya, Raju
Agarwal, Amit Kumar
Nwagbara, Ifeanyi C
Vijay, Vipul
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description Simultaneous bilateral intertrochanteric fractures are very rare, and only a few cases have been reported in the literature. They usually result from severe trauma. They are serious injuries with high morbidity and mortality rates. Successful management of these patients involves adequate resuscitation, treatment of associated injuries, early single-stage stable fixation, and good rehabilitation. We report the case of a 47-year-old male who presented with a simultaneous bilateral intertrochanteric fracture along with associated injuries following a car crash.
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spelling pubmed-54724542017-06-16 Simultaneous Bilateral Intertrochanteric Fractures of the Femur: A Case Report and Review of the Literature Vaishya, Raju Agarwal, Amit Kumar Nwagbara, Ifeanyi C Vijay, Vipul Cureus Orthopedics Simultaneous bilateral intertrochanteric fractures are very rare, and only a few cases have been reported in the literature. They usually result from severe trauma. They are serious injuries with high morbidity and mortality rates. Successful management of these patients involves adequate resuscitation, treatment of associated injuries, early single-stage stable fixation, and good rehabilitation. We report the case of a 47-year-old male who presented with a simultaneous bilateral intertrochanteric fracture along with associated injuries following a car crash. Cureus 2017-05-09 /pmc/articles/PMC5472454/ /pubmed/28626621 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1236 Text en Copyright © 2017, Vaishya et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Orthopedics
Vaishya, Raju
Agarwal, Amit Kumar
Nwagbara, Ifeanyi C
Vijay, Vipul
Simultaneous Bilateral Intertrochanteric Fractures of the Femur: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title Simultaneous Bilateral Intertrochanteric Fractures of the Femur: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_full Simultaneous Bilateral Intertrochanteric Fractures of the Femur: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_fullStr Simultaneous Bilateral Intertrochanteric Fractures of the Femur: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_full_unstemmed Simultaneous Bilateral Intertrochanteric Fractures of the Femur: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_short Simultaneous Bilateral Intertrochanteric Fractures of the Femur: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_sort simultaneous bilateral intertrochanteric fractures of the femur: a case report and review of the literature
topic Orthopedics
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5472454/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28626621
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1236
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