J Korean Fract Soc.  2016 Oct;29(4):258-264. 10.12671/jkfs.2016.29.4.258.

Insufficiency Fracture of the Femoral Neck after Intramedullary Nailing for the Treatment of Atypical Femoral Fracture - A Case Report -

• Moon NH
• Jang JH
• Hwang TH
• Park KY

• KMID: 2355431
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.12671/jkfs.2016.29.4.258

Abstract

Although several publications have reported delayed or non-union, there is a consensus that the standard treatment for atypical femoral fracture (AFF) is an intramedullary nailing. However, no case of tensile insufficiency fracture of femoral neck associated with intramedullary nailing in patients with AFF have been reported. Here, we report an 82-year-old woman with tensile type of insufficiency fracture of the femoral neck after intramedullary nailing for the treatment of AFF.

Keyword

Atypical femoral fracture; Osteoporosis; Femoral neck insufficiency fracture

MeSH Terms

Aged, 80 and over
Consensus
Female
Femoral Fractures*
Femur Neck*
Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary*
Fractures, Stress*
Humans
Osteoporosis

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