Implant failure of long proximal femoral nail antirotation in patient with subtrochanteric pathologic fracture
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Won-Sik Choy Kap Jung Kim Sang Ki Lee Dae Suk Yang
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2011
Description
Pathologic or impending pathologic fracture is an unhappy clinical manifestation of skeletal metastasis. If possible, stabilization of metastatic bone lesion is recommended for pain relief and improving quality of remaining lives. The long proximal femoral nail antirotation (PFNA; Synthes, Switzerland) provides a stable construct for the fixation of pathologic or impending pathologic fracture of femoral metastatic lesion, especially petrochanteric or diaphyseal locations. Implant failure of this device is a rare complication. We report a case of implant failure of the long proximal femoral nail antirotation in patient with subtrochanteric pathologic
Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol DOI 10.1007/s00590-011-0795-9 Received: 27 October 2010 / Accepted: 22 March 2011
