Retrograde nailing of femoral fracture below a hip prosthesis : A case report

• Published in: Journal of bone and joint surgery. British volume Vol. 80; no. 2; pp. 282 - 283
• Main Author: VERBURG, A. D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery 01.03.1998; British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery
• Edition: British volume
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Atrophy; Biological and medical sciences; Bone Diseases - diagnostic imaging; Bone Diseases - etiology; Bone Nails; Cartilage, Articular - surgery; Drug Combinations; Female; Femoral Fractures - diagnostic imaging; Femoral Fractures - etiology; Femoral Fractures - surgery; Femur - diagnostic imaging; Femur - pathology; Follow-Up Studies; Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary - instrumentation; Fractures, Spontaneous - diagnostic imaging; Fractures, Spontaneous - etiology; Fractures, Spontaneous - surgery; Frail Elderly; Granuloma - diagnostic imaging; Granuloma - etiology; Hemostatics - therapeutic use; Hip Prosthesis - adverse effects; Humans; Medical sciences; Orthopedic surgery; Palmitates - therapeutic use; Polyethylenes; Prosthesis Failure; Radiography; Surface Properties; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Waxes - therapeutic use; Human; Femur; Prosthesis; Retrograde; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Intramedullary nailing; Lower limb; Osteosynthesis; Fracture; Trauma; Diaphysis; Hip; Case study; Orthopedic surgery; Association; Treatment; Surgery; Total; Female; Bone; Technique; Elderly
• ISSN: 0301-620X; 2049-4394; 2044-5377; 2049-4408
• DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.80B2.8084

In a frail elderly patient a pathological fracture of the femur at the lower end of a loose femoral stem was treated by the retrograde insertion of an intramedullary nail over the tip of the prosthesis.