Intertrochanteric fracture of an arthrodesed hip.
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.
Manzotti
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1st Orthopaedic Department, C.T.O Hospital, via Bignami 1, Milan, Italy. alf.manzotti@libero.it
Confalonieri
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Pullen
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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