Ipsilateral femoral neck and shaft f ractures / 中华骨科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To elucidate the clinical characteristics and diagnostic outline of ipsilateral femoral neck and shaft fractures.Methods A retrospective study was carried ou t on 7patients with ipsi-lateral femoral neck and shaft fractures associated injuries of the knee;the duration of delay in diagnosis o f the femoral neck fractures,the managem ent of treatment and final clinical o utcomes were reviewed.Results All of the femoral shaft fractures occur red in the middle third and the femora l neck fractures in the base of the neck.Two patients were associated w ith knee injuries.The duration of delay in diagnosis of the femoral neck fractures ranged from 1to 75days.Si x femoral shaft fractures and 5neck f ractures were treated operatively.The mean follow-up period was 15.6mo nths,and all of the shaft and neck fra ctures were eventually healed without the evidence of avascular necrosis of the femoral head in spite of2mal-unions of the femoral neck.Conclusion In case of femoral shaft fracture resulting from high-energy trauma,an A-P pelvic film should be routinely taken.The patients with negative findings on the hip radiographs continue to complain of hip pain following open reduction and intern al fixation of the femoral shaft fractures should undergo CT or MR imaging examination.Once the femoral neck f racture is recognized,operative re duction and fixation should be em-ployed immediately.The outcome of o perative treatment is much superior to that of non-operative.