Preoperative literature review revealed no operative strategy or case report describing how best to perform closed reduction and internal fixation of a femoral neck fracture with a co-existing contralateral ankylosed hip joint. We hope our experience will aid other surgeons who find themselves in a similar clinical scenario. We will present the difficulties faced and the adaptations made to our surgical technique which we utilised to achieve an anatomical fixation.
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