title: Proximal femoral fracture surgery in a patient with osteopetrosis tarda: complications and treatment strategy.
abstract: Osteopetrosis is a rare, inherited disease characterized by defects in osteoclastic function that results in defective bone resorption. When fractures are encountered, fixation is extremely difficult. Osteopetrosis patients have an increased predisposition to infection. If infection develops after a fracture, treatment is more difficult. In this paper, treatment is presented of a 49-year old female to whom proximal femoral nailing was applied for fixation of an osteopetrotic proximal femur fracture; and when it was unsuccessful, revision was made with a locked anatomic plate, which subsequently led to development of infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Trauma and Orthopedics, Adana Numune Training and Educational Hospital, Adana, Turkey.
authors.forename: Fırat
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Seyfettinoglu
authors.affiliation: Department of Trauma and Orthopedics, Adana Numune Training and Educational Hospital, Adana, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ümit
authors.initials: Ü
authors.lastname: Tuhanioğlu
authors.affiliation: Department of Trauma and Orthopedics, Adana Numune Training and Educational Hospital, Adana, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hasan Ulas
authors.initials: HU
authors.lastname: Ogur
authors.affiliation: Department of Trauma and Orthopedics, Adana Numune Training and Educational Hospital, Adana, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cicek
keywords: infection; osteopetrosis; proximal femoral fracture