Disengagement and intrapelvic migration of a dynamic helical hip screw

Some proximal femur fractures may be treated surgically with the use of fracture fixation hardware such as the sliding hip screw and its variants. These devices allow the femoral head and neck fragment to compress against the trochanteric or shaft fragment as the hip screw telescopes into the barrel...

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Main Authors: Segen Aklilu, MD, David P. Barei, MD, FRCSC, Felix S. Chew, MD, MBA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-02-01
Series:Radiology Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043318303200