Key result
Repairing a peri-implant subtrochanteric refracture or complex non-union of the proximal femur with plate and screws with grafting is attainable in a post-polio survivor.
Why the study?
Post-polio survivors are prone to low-energy bone fractures, but no literature data indicate the best surgical approach for managing such cases.
Case Report (n=1)
Repair of complex peri-implant proximal femur fractures in post-polio survivors is achievable using plate, screws, and grafting.
Key Clinical Message The treatment of long bone fractures in post‐polio survivors is indubitably an exacting task. Out of this complicated case presented in this paper, it can be deduced that it is attainable to repair a peri‐implant subtrochanteric refracture or a complex non‐union of the proximal femur with plate and screws with grafting. Abstract Post‐polio survivors are prone to low‐energy bone fractures. The management of such cases is exigent, as no literature data indicate the best surgical approach. This paper presents an intricate peri‐implant proximal femoral fracture in a polio survivor treated in our institution and accentuates the various challenges we encountered.
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Sakellariou et al. (2023) conducted a case report in Peri-implant proximal femur fracture in a poliomyelitis survivor (n=1). Repair with plate and screws with grafting was evaluated on Repair of peri-implant subtrochanteric refracture or complex non-union. Repairing a peri-implant subtrochanteric refracture or complex non-union of the proximal femur with plate and screws with grafting is attainable in a post-polio survivor.
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