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Published on: October 12, 2016
Unusual case of osteosynthesis failure in a hip fracture: side-plate pull-out
Roberto Seijas1, Juan Manuel Orduña, Maria Concepción Castro
1Fundación García Cugat, Hospital Quiron, Barcelona, Spain and Orthopaedics and Traumatology Service, Fundació Hospital de Mollet, Barcelona, Spain. seijastraumatologia@gmail.com
Abstract:
Osteoporotic hip fractures are common in our setting. Poor bone quality favors complications of the osteosynthesis procedures used to treat these patients. Lag-screw cut-out through the femoral head is not uncommon (2%), but pull-out of side plate screws is very unusual. We present the case of a patient with a stable osteoporotic fracture treated by osteosynthesis using a four-hole plate, who presented with a pull-out following a low-energy fall.
