title: Waking up the healing potential of the bone:subtrochanteric non-union in femoral dysplasia successfully treated after 40 years of pain and disability.
abstract: We describe a successful valgus osteotomy for a subtrochanteric non-union in a dysplastic femur that had not healed in 40 years despite many earlier attempts. The optimisation of biology and biomechanics in the subtrochanteric area shows that even in a longstanding and complex deformity around the hip salvage is possible.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. p.kloen@amc.uva.nl
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kloen
authors.forename: Jorn
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nützinger
mesh_terms: D001848:Bone Diseases, Developmental / Q000150:complications; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005269:Femur; D005599:Fractures, Ununited / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010027:Osteotomy; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D012074:Remission Induction; D013997:Time Factors