title: [Nonunion of the femoral neck and artificial heart. How far may we go?].
abstract: Due to medical improvements surgeons are increasingly confronted with conditions associated with severe medical comorbidities. Fracture or nonunion of the femoral neck would have been classified as "inoperable" in the past. We report the successful operative treatment of a patient with femoral neck nonunion after screw osteosynthesis and associated existence of a left ventricular assist device for dilated cardiomyopathy.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Unfall-, Hand- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Waldeyerstraße 1, 48149, Münster. Clemens.Koesters@ukmuenster.de
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kösters
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boschin
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wieskötter
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Löhrer
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: van Aken
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Raschke
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005265:Femoral Neck Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017759:Fractures, Malunited / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome