A complex proximal femoral fracture.
We present the case of a 39-year-old sportswoman who was involved in a motorcycle accident in 2012. She sustained a complex proximal femoral fracture that involved the neck and trochanteric region. We decided to preserve the natural bone stock and repair the fractures, adopting skeletal traction in the first stage and then implanting an intramedullary nail. Twenty months later the fracture was healed clinically and radiologically and the patient was able to walk and run without pain.
San Carlo Borromeo Hospital, v. Pio II, 20147, Milan, Italy. Electronic address: giancola.rinaldo@sancarlo.mi.it.
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San Carlo Borromeo Hospital, v. Pio II, 20147, Milan, Italy.
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Marchesi
San Carlo Borromeo Hospital, v. Pio II, 20147, Milan, Italy.
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Lettera
San Carlo Borromeo Hospital, v. Pio II, 20147, Milan, Italy.
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Antonini
D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D001858:Bone Nails; D005260:Female; D005594:Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary; D017102:Fracture Healing; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007870:Leg Length Inequality / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D020127:Recovery of Function; D014143:Traction; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016474:Weight-Bearing
femoral intertrochanteric fracture; femoral neck fracture; hip fracture; intramedullary nail