• Der Unfallchirurg · Jul 2002

    Case Reports

    [Femoral shaft fracture and secondary diagnosis of ipsilateral femoral neck fracture. Typical constellation or a complication of the distal femoral nail (DFN)?].

    • G König, P van Bergen, and E G Suren.
    • Klinik für Unfall- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Klinikum Heilbronn GmbH.
    • Unfallchirurg. 2002 Jul 1; 105 (7): 656-9.

    AbstractWe present a case of two patients with a distal femur shaft fracture due to a high velocity trauma. Both were treated with a distal femur nail (DFN). After mobilisation a fracture of the neck of the femur was diagnosed which was not seen in the x-rays on admission. In this paper we discuss whether this is a typical constellation of ipsilateral fractures of the neck of the femur in femur shaft fractures or a complication of implantation of a DFN. Immediately after operative treatment of a femur shaft fracture specifically after high velocity trauma or in polytraumatized patients an x-ray of the hip in two plains should be made in the same narcosis. A possible fracture of the neck of the femur could be treated at same time. Post-operatively a further diagnostic should be done in case of suspicion, e.g. pain during mobilisation.

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