PATHOLOGICAL INTRACAPSULAR FRACTURE OF NECK FEMUR IN A YOUNG PATIENT: REPORT OF AN INNOVATIVE METHOD OF FIXATION WITH REVIEW OF LITERATURE
Journal Title: Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare - Year 2014, Vol 1, Issue 12
Abstract
When there is the need to salvage the head of femur in a young patient with pathological intracapsular fracture of neck femur, the options are limited and there are not too many references in contemporary literatures. Traditional fixation methods are found to have many disadvantages in this setting due to the weak bone and the lack of sufficient stability to support any structural grafts. Fixation devices with side plates that also provide sufficient axial stiffness should theoretically provide the optimum environment for the incorporation of the grafts and revascularization and union of the head. The proximal femoral locking compression plate would be one such device and it can also be used for fibular osteosynthesis in other such situations.
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Jishnu Pr. Baruah
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