Connection of a hip prosthesis and an intramedullary nail as a special solution in a subtrochanteric femoral fracture with fibrous dysplasia

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Winkelmann, Marcel^a | Macke, Christian^a | Hankemeier, Stefan^b | Hüfner, Tobias^a | Schröter, Christian^a | Clausen, Jan-Dierk^a | Omar, Mohamed^a | Zeckey, Christian^a | Krettek, Christian^a | Mommsen, Philipp^{a; *}

Affiliations: [a] Trauma Department, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany | [b] Department for Orthopedics and Traumatology, Sana Hospital Hameln, Hameln, Germany

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Philipp Mommsen, Trauma Department, Hannover Medical School (MHH), Carl-Neuberg-Strasse 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany. Tel.: +49 511/532 6173; Fax: +49 511/532 5877; E-mail:mommsen.philipp@mh-hannover.de

Abstract: Treatment of fractures associated with fibrous dysplasia is difficult because of poor bone quality. In a brief report we present a case in which a hip prosthesis is connected with the distal part of a broken cannulated intramedullary femur nail. Postoperatively, the patient was mobilized with full weight bearing. Radiographs proved the correct position of the implant and a favorable clinical function could be achieved.

Keywords: Fibrous dysplasia, subtrochanteric femoral fracture, cannulated intramedullary nail, hip replacement

DOI: 10.3233/THC-161159

Journal: Technology and Health Care, vol. 24, no. 5, pp. 729-735, 2016