Ipsilateral Hip and Femoral Shaft Fractures

Concurrent ipsilateral fractures of the hip and femoral shaft:A meta-analysis of 659 cases

“…They stated that the primary radiographs taken in the emergency room were inadequate for diagnosing all femoral neck fractures and recommended repeated controls. This is illustrated by one of our cases where the hips were Barquet et al 1985Bucholz and Rathjen 1985Wruhs et al 1986Friedman and Wyman 1986Harryman et al 1986Farooque et al 1988Eiskjaar et al 1989Geissler et al 1989Rinaidi et al 1989Gill et al 1990Melis et al 1990Daffner et al 1991Wu and Shih 1991Bose et al 1992Wiss et al 1992Leung et al 1993Chaturvedi and Sahi 1993Bennett et al 1993Alho et al 1995 Present case ( Radiograph of the pelvis taken in the emergency room shows a displaced basilar neck fracture on the left. On the right, no fracture can be seen.…”

Increased risk of adverse events in management of femur and tibial shaft fractures with plating: An analysis of NSQIP data

“…Since the femur is the strongest bone in the body and fractures often result from high-energy impaction, patients frequently present with associated injuries and need multiple surgical interventions, leading to a higher ASA score. 19,20 Orthopaedic surgeons must account for the increased risk of complications for femoral fractures when assessing patients for surgery. IMN is currently the method most used by surgeons to treat long bone fractures since it is less invasive by nature, has potential for earlier weight-bearing, and has shown to have a lower rate of postoperative complications.…”

Analysis of the results of ipsilateral hip and shaft femur fractures treated with reconstruction-type intramedullary nail or various plate combinations

“…1,2,4 Victims are usually young with multiple associated injuries which included fracture pelvis, contralateral fracture shaft of femur, fracture tibia, head injury, abdominal injury, and pulmonary contusion. [2][3][4] Operations were performed within 2-11 days following trauma. The timing of operative fixation was often dictated by the patient's status as a multiple trauma victim with injuries to other extremities and other systems.…”

“…Union was defined as painless full weight bearing on the affected limb with the presence of radiologic consolidation of fracture in both antero-posterior and lateral views and delayed union as a fracture that was not united even after 24 weeks .The functional results of the patients were assessed with the scoring system used by Friedman and Wyman. 2 Both the groups were compared in terms of mean age, mean delay in surgery, mean duration of surgery, mean blood loss, mean radiation exposure, average union time for femoral neck fracture, and average union time for femoral shaft fracture, the radiological and functional outcome, the complications and the need for reoperations. Radiological and functional outcome assessment was done by an independent evaluator blinded to the surgical procedure.…”