Salvaging Chronic Nonunion of Femoral Neck and Infected Nonunion of Ipsilateral Femoral Shaft Fracture Using Intramedullary Antibiotic Cement Spacer and External Fixator Alone

Concomitant ipsilateral fractures of femoral neck and shaft are rare injuries and pose challenging management. Infected non-unions of such fractures can further complicate the management options and have not been discussed in the literature. We present a case of an eight-month-old atrophic non-union...

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Autores principales: Kumar, Arvind, Khan, Rizwan, Jameel, Javed, Kumar, Sandeep
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Orthopedics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7880828/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33604205
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12665

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