Hip arthroplasty in a patient with transfemoral amputation: a new tip.
Femoral fractures in amputation stump are challenging injuries to manage. The authors describe a case of a 51-year-old patient with a right above knee amputation, who had a right hip femoral neck fracture. In this technical note, we describe a technical and surgical procedure with intraoperative tips and tricks, in which we use commonly available materials, for the safe management in such clinical situations.
Orthopedics and Traumatology Surgery Department (AP4), Moulins Hospital, 03000 Moulins, France ; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery (B4), CHU Hassan II Hospital, University of Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, 3000 Fez, Morocco.
Hassan
H
Boussakri
Orthopedics and Traumatology Surgery Department (AP4), Moulins Hospital, 03000 Moulins, France.
Ihab
I
Alassaf
Orthopedics and Traumatology Surgery Department (AP4), Moulins Hospital, 03000 Moulins, France.
Samir
S
Hamoudi
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery (B4), CHU Hassan II Hospital, University of Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, 3000 Fez, Morocco.
Abdelhalim
A
Elibrahimi
Orthopedics and Traumatology Surgery Department (AP4), Moulins Hospital, 03000 Moulins, France.
Philbert
P
Ntarataz
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery (B4), CHU Hassan II Hospital, University of Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, 3000 Fez, Morocco.
Abdelmajid
A
ELMrini
Orthopedics and Traumatology Surgery Department (AP4), Moulins Hospital, 03000 Moulins, France.
Jean Francois
JF
Dumez