• J Bone Joint Surg Br · Mar 1998

    Case Reports

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

    • A D Verburg.
    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Maasland Hospital, Sittard, The Netherlands.
    • J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1998 Mar 1;80(2):282-3.

    AbstractIn 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.

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