Second femur fracture after hemiarthroplasty of the hip: salvage procedure by Partridge bands and long-stemmed prosthesis.
We report on a technique for stabilising a femoral shaft fracture occurring between a cementless hip prosthesis and a distal plate in an elderly patient. We used a long-stemmed Austin-Moore hemiarthroplasty and removed all but the most distal screws, encircling the whole femur with Partridge nylon bands.
D000368:Aged; D001178:Arthroplasty; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D009984:Orthopedic Fixation Devices; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation