The rendezvous technique for the treatment of ipsilateral femoral neck and shaft fractures: A case series
Concomitant ipsilateral femoral neck and shaft fractures are uncommon high-energy injuries characteristically occurring in young adults. Between 75 and 100% of these injuries occur in association with polytrauma to other organ systems. Associated femoral neck fractures are typically undisplaced, occ...
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| author | Seun Harewood Marlon M. Mencia Patrick Harnarayan |
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| description | Concomitant ipsilateral femoral neck and shaft fractures are uncommon high-energy injuries characteristically occurring in young adults. Between 75 and 100% of these injuries occur in association with polytrauma to other organ systems. Associated femoral neck fractures are typically undisplaced, occurring in 2–9% of all femoral shaft fractures. These injuries present both technical and infrastructural challenges particularly in a low resource environment. Several methods of treatment have been used to successfully treat these fractures but there exists no consensus about the optimal management strategy. The “rendezvous” technique using dual implants in an overlapping fashion has been proposed as one method to treat these fractures. We present three cases of ipsilateral hip and femoral shaft fractures which were satisfactorily treated using this technique. The “rendezvous” technique is a simple method, with a good clinical outcome and a low complication rate that can be used to treat ipsilateral femoral neck and shaft fractures. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3a2a5e3c3b8e43f781bc63bcbed740ae2022-12-22T01:34:08ZengElsevierTrauma Case Reports2352-64402020-10-0129100346The rendezvous technique for the treatment of ipsilateral femoral neck and shaft fractures: A case seriesSeun Harewood0Marlon M. Mencia1Patrick Harnarayan2Department of Surgery, Scarborough General Hospital, Tobago, Trinidad and TobagoDepartment of Clinical Surgical Sciences, University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago; Corresponding author at: Bungalow 5, Department of Clinical Surgical Sciences, Port of Spain General Hospital, Trinidad and Tobago.Department of Clinical Surgical Sciences, University of the West Indies, Trinidad and TobagoConcomitant ipsilateral femoral neck and shaft fractures are uncommon high-energy injuries characteristically occurring in young adults. Between 75 and 100% of these injuries occur in association with polytrauma to other organ systems. Associated femoral neck fractures are typically undisplaced, occurring in 2–9% of all femoral shaft fractures. These injuries present both technical and infrastructural challenges particularly in a low resource environment. Several methods of treatment have been used to successfully treat these fractures but there exists no consensus about the optimal management strategy. The “rendezvous” technique using dual implants in an overlapping fashion has been proposed as one method to treat these fractures. We present three cases of ipsilateral hip and femoral shaft fractures which were satisfactorily treated using this technique. The “rendezvous” technique is a simple method, with a good clinical outcome and a low complication rate that can be used to treat ipsilateral femoral neck and shaft fractures.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352644020300704RendezvousIpsilateralHipFemoralFracture |
| spellingShingle | Seun Harewood Marlon M. Mencia Patrick Harnarayan The rendezvous technique for the treatment of ipsilateral femoral neck and shaft fractures: A case series Trauma Case Reports Rendezvous Ipsilateral Hip Femoral Fracture |
| title | The rendezvous technique for the treatment of ipsilateral femoral neck and shaft fractures: A case series |
| title_full | The rendezvous technique for the treatment of ipsilateral femoral neck and shaft fractures: A case series |
| title_fullStr | The rendezvous technique for the treatment of ipsilateral femoral neck and shaft fractures: A case series |
| title_full_unstemmed | The rendezvous technique for the treatment of ipsilateral femoral neck and shaft fractures: A case series |
| title_short | The rendezvous technique for the treatment of ipsilateral femoral neck and shaft fractures: A case series |
| title_sort | rendezvous technique for the treatment of ipsilateral femoral neck and shaft fractures a case series |
| topic | Rendezvous Ipsilateral Hip Femoral Fracture |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352644020300704 |
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