Combined trochanteric and ipsilateral shaft fractures of the femur treated with the Zickel device: a case report.
An unusual double fracture of the femur in the trochanteric and shaft areas of a 39-year-old clerical worker has been successfully treated by open reduction and internal fixation with the Zickel device. Only one other instance of the application of this method to a double fracture seems to have been reported previously. Recovery was uneventful, prompt, and the patient showed good evidence of healing at the 10-month followup examination. The described case represents the seventh report of this unusual lesion in the literature.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001858:Bone Nails; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged