title: Displaced subcapital fracture of the hip in transient osteoporosis of pregnancy. A case report.
abstract: We describe a case of displaced subcapital fracture of the hip in a woman in the third trimester of her first pregnancy. A pathological fracture occurred in a previously painful hip, and radiographs showed pronounced osteopenia of the femoral head and neck. Closed reduction and internal fixation was carried out 2 weeks after delivery when the osteopenia was still severe. Healing of the fracture followed with recovery of hip movements.
authors.affiliation: Department for Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Trauma, Celje General Hospital, Slovenia.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Fokter
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vengust
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D017102:Fracture Healing / Q000502:physiology; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006621:Hip Joint; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011859:Radiography