Incredible position of broken sliding dynamic hip screw implant in the medial of thigh
We report a case with implant failure after nailing of an unstable pertrochanteric fracture with dynamic hip screw. The patient presented with a medial sided thigh pain at 5 years after the surgery. Plain radiographs showed nonunion of the fracture with distant migration of assembled hip screw and s...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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AVES Yayincilik
2018-03-01
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| Series: | Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1017995X1730202X |
| Summary: | We report a case with implant failure after nailing of an unstable pertrochanteric fracture with dynamic hip screw. The patient presented with a medial sided thigh pain at 5 years after the surgery. Plain radiographs showed nonunion of the fracture with distant migration of assembled hip screw and side plate to the subcutaneous area of the inner thigh. Keywords: Dynamic hip screw, Intertrochanteric fracture, Nonunion, Implant failure, Broken device |
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| ISSN: | 1017-995X |