Femoral shaft fracture below cemented hip arthroplasty: nail versus plate osteosynthesis: Opinion: open reduction internal fixation with plates and screws.

摘要

Case Profile: Fifty-nine-year-old white female with a history of alcoholism who sustained a distal left femur fracture in a fall at home. Patient is status post ipsilateral cemented hemi-hip arthroplasty for a previous femoral neck fracture.