title: Retrograde nailing of femoral fracture below a hip prosthesis: a case report.
abstract: In a frail elderly patient a pathological fracture of the femur at the lower end of a loose femoral stem was treated by the retrograde insertion of an intramedullary nail over the tip of the prosthesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Maasland Hospital, Sittard, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Verburg
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001284:Atrophy; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D001858:Bone Nails; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000601:surgery; D004338:Drug Combinations; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005269:Femur / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005594:Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D016330:Frail Elderly; D006099:Granuloma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D006490:Hemostatics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006622:Hip Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D010168:Palmitates / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011095:Polyethylenes; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D011859:Radiography; D013499:Surface Properties; D014885:Waxes / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D004338:Drug Combinations; D006490:Hemostatics; D010168:Palmitates; D011095:Polyethylenes; D014885:Waxes; C055480:bone wax