Surgical Technique for Subtrochanteric Fracture of Femur.

ABSTRACT: A 56-year-old woman had fell over herself 4 h prior to her presentation to our hospital. The diagnosis was a subtrochanteric fracture of the right femur (AO-32-A3). The patient was placed in a supine position was set up on a fracture traction table after general anesthesia. The right leg was placed in abduction while the left leg was positioned so that there was flexion of the knee and hip joint. The C-arm was placed on the left side. The surgical field was sterilized and draped. Deformity and external rotation are always present for this type of fracture, so the first step was to place a joystick in the proximal fragment to correct the external rotation. Then the perfect entry point could be defined by K wire. After inserting guide wire into the canal dreaming was followed. An appropriate

SUBMITTER: Wang PC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6584163 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature