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Threading the Needle: Intrapelvic Displacement of a Femoral Neck Fracture through the Obturator Foramen
- Source :
- Case Reports in Orthopedics, Vol 2018 (2018), Case Reports in Orthopedics
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Hindawi Limited, 2018.
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Abstract
- Despite timely and appropriate management, displaced femoral neck fractures are often devastating injuries for the young patient. The risk of negative sequelae is further amplified with increasing displacement and vertical fracture patterns. Open anatomic reduction with rigid internal fixation is essential to maximize the healing potential in displaced fractures of the femoral neck. Successful primary osteosynthesis of significantly displaced femoral neck fractures in the young patient has been reported in the literature. We present a unique case of open reduction and internal fixation of a high-energy femoral neck fracture with extrusion of the head through the obturator foramen into the pelvis without associated acetabular or pelvic injury.
- Subjects :
- 030222 orthopedics
medicine.medical_specialty
Osteosynthesis
business.industry
medicine.medical_treatment
Case Report
General Medicine
Femoral Neck Fractures
Surgery
03 medical and health sciences
lcsh:RD701-811
0302 clinical medicine
medicine.anatomical_structure
Obturator foramen
lcsh:Orthopedic surgery
medicine
Internal fixation
030212 general & internal medicine
Pelvic injury
business
Vertical fracture
Pelvis
Femoral neck
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20906757 and 20906749
- Volume :
- 2018
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Case Reports in Orthopedics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e35d58200c5974178d1f557de9b85be6