title: Combined bilateral femoral head necrosis and pertrochanteric fracture: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Modular femoral implants have become a regular feature of revision hip surgery. However, for a primary hip arthroplasty, such as a femoral neck fracture case, the implant of choice is a standard femoral component, while compelling literature evidence have made osteosynthesis the standard procedure for the vast majority of trochanteric fractures.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present the case of a 66-year-old Caucasian woman presenting with two trochanteric fractures associated with primary and secondary hip osteoarthritis that were treated with an uncemented total hip replacement with a modular femoral component.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We found that a modular femoral component can address the issues of stability and, in our case, proved to be a viable solution for treating cases that are complicated by concomitant acetabular or femoral head and neck pathology.
authors.affiliation: 1st Orthopedics and Traumatology Clinic, Emergency Clinical County Hospital Timisoara, 10 I. Bulbuca Blvd, 300737, Timisoara, Romania. deleanubogdan@yahoo.com.|'Victor Babes' University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, 2 E. Murgu Sq., 300041, Timisoara, Romania. deleanubogdan@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Bogdan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Deleanu
authors.affiliation: 1st Orthopedics and Traumatology Clinic, Emergency Clinical County Hospital Timisoara, 10 I. Bulbuca Blvd, 300737, Timisoara, Romania. raduprejbeanu@gmail.com.|'Victor Babes' University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, 2 E. Murgu Sq., 300041, Timisoara, Romania. raduprejbeanu@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Radu
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Prejbeanu
authors.affiliation: 1st Orthopedics and Traumatology Clinic, Emergency Clinical County Hospital Timisoara, 10 I. Bulbuca Blvd, 300737, Timisoara, Romania. crisan.dan@gmail.com.|'Victor Babes' University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, 2 E. Murgu Sq., 300041, Timisoara, Romania. crisan.dan@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Crisan
authors.affiliation: 1st Orthopedics and Traumatology Clinic, Emergency Clinical County Hospital Timisoara, 10 I. Bulbuca Blvd, 300737, Timisoara, Romania. vermesan@gmail.com.|'Victor Babes' University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, 2 E. Murgu Sq., 300041, Timisoara, Romania. vermesan@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Dinu
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vermesan
authors.affiliation: 'St. Pantelimon' Clinical Emergency Hospital, 340-342 Pantelimon Road, 021659, Bucuresti, Romania. vladpredescu@clicknet.ro.|'Carol Davila' University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest, 37 Dionisie Lupu St., 020022, Bucuresti, Romania. vladpredescu@clicknet.ro.
authors.forename: Vlad
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Predescu
authors.affiliation: Aristotle University Medical School, 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece. tsiridisehs@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Eleftherios
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tsiridis
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005265:Femoral Neck Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D005270:Femur Head / Q000473:pathology*; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans