[Subcapital fracture of the femoral neck. A rare complication of a pertrochanteric fracture healed in coxa vara position].
Subcapital stress fracture occurring after a previously healed intertrochanteric fracture is a rare event. One further case is reported. A new etiology and different ways of preventing such a complication are proposed.
Hardy
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Clinique de Chirurgie Orthopédique et Traumatologique, Hôpital Universitaire St Pierre, Bruxelles, Belgique.
Lafontaine
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Stelmaszyk
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Delince
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001860:Bone Plates; D005260:Female; D005265:Femoral Neck Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D014945:Wound Healing
Fracture sous-capitale du col fémoral. Complication rare d'une fracture pertrochantérienne guérie en coxa vara.