title: Bilateral fixation of a periprosthetic intertrochanteric hip fracture below Birmingham hip resurfacing.
abstract: This case report involves a 59-year-old woman with a traumatic right intertrochanteric hip fracture below a previous Birmingham hip resurfacing (BHR). This woman had almost an identical fracture on the left hip 3 years before which was treated with a proximal femoral locking compression plate. Of note periprosthetic fractures following hip resurfacing are usually subcapital and treated with a revision or conservative management. We present an unusual surgical problem that has occurred twice in the same patient and has been treated effectively on both occasions using proximal femoral plating. To the best of our knowledge, there have been no other reports of bilateral periprosthetic fractures being treated in this way.
authors.affiliation: Altnagelvin Area Hospital, Londonderry, UK.
authors.forename: J
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5135-5907
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Macdonald
authors.affiliation: Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, UK.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pagoti
authors.affiliation: Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, UK.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cusick
mesh_terms: D001860:Bone Plates; D005260:Female; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D057068:Periprosthetic Fractures / Q000601:surgery*