title: [Femoral fracture in congenital femoral deficiency. A therapeutic challenge?].
abstract: There are no reports in the literature about femoral fractures in adults with congenital femoral deficiency. We report on a femoral fracture in a 60-year-old patient with congenital femoral deficiency. Despite early difficulties in mobilisation and delayed union after an angle-stable plate osteosynthesis, full weight bearing was reached after 8 months. The treatment of fractures in combination with congenital femoral deficiency remains difficult and depends on the extent of the defect, the complexity of the fracture, and associated anomalies. The objective of the often demanding operative treatment of a femoral fracture in combination with a congenital femoral deficiency should be reestablishment of the patient's walking ability.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Unfall- und Handchirurgie, Heinrich-Heine-Universitätsklinikum, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Deutschland.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jungbluth
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wild
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Betsch
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Miersch
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Windolf
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hakimi
mesh_terms: D001860:Bone Plates; D003446:Crutches; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005269:Femur / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000379:methods*; D017102:Fracture Healing / Q000502:physiology; D006618:Hip Dislocation, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010384:Pelvic Bones / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000379:methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D016474:Weight-Bearing