Retrograde femoral nailing between an ankylosed hip and a stiff knee.
We describe a case of retrograde nailing of a comminuted infraisthmal femur fracture between an ankylosed hip and a stiff knee stemming from heterotopic bone and soft-tissue contracture. A tibial nail directed through the medial femoral condyle was used. At 1 year follow-up the fracture has united anatomically, and the patient has been rehabilitated to his preinjury functional status.
Lonner
B S
BS
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital for Special Surgery, Cornell University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
Lonner
J H
JH
Sadler
A H
AH
D000844:Ankylosis / Q000150:complications*; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005594:Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D018460:Fractures, Comminuted / Q000601:surgery*; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic; D011859:Radiography