title: Intertrochanteric fracture of an arthrodesed hip.
abstract: We report the case of a 74-year-old woman who sustained an intertrochanteric fracture of the femoral neck in a previously arthrodesed hip. The hip arthrodesis had been performed 53 years earlier to treat septic arthritis. The fracture was treated successfully using a double-plating technique with 4.5 mm titanium reconstruction plates.
authors.affiliation: 1st Orthopaedic Department, C.T.O Hospital, via Bignami 1, Milan, Italy. alf.manzotti@libero.it
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Manzotti
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Confalonieri
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pullen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000601:surgery; D001174:Arthrodesis; D005260:Female; D005265:Femoral Neck Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000379:methods; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016896:Treatment Outcome