Fratura espontânea do colo do fêmur após retirada de PFN / Spontaneous fracture of the femoral neck following PFN removal
Acta ortop. bras
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17(3): 187-189, 2009. ilus
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in English, Portuguese
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RESUMO
A fratura do colo femoral, sem trauma associado, após a consolidação da fratura transtrocantérica é um evento raro. Os autores relatam um caso de fratura transtrocantérica tratada com PFN, que duas semanas após a retirada da síntese, apresentou fratura do colo femoral, que foi tratada com artroplastia parcial.
ABSTRACT
Femoral neck fracture without associated trauma following consolidation of a transtrochanteric fractureis a rare event. The authors report a case of transtrochanteric fracture that was treated with PFN and which presented fracturing of the femoral neck two weeks after removal of the device. This occurrence was treated with partial arthroplasty.
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Main subject:
Femoral Fractures
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Femoral Neck Fractures
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Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary
Type of study:
Etiology study
Limits:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
Language:
English
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Portuguese
Journal:
Acta ortop. bras
Journal subject:
Orthopedics
Year:
2009
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Faculdade de Medicina de Marilia/BR
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Santa Casa de São Paulo/BR
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Universidade de São Paulo/BR
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