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Subcapital fracture complicating fixation of an intertrochanteric fracture from osteomyelitis
L J Lombardi1, D J Cleri, P R Goldhagen
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, VA Medical Center, North Port, New York.
Orthopaedic Review
|March 1, 1994
Abstract:
Subcapital fractures after open reduction and internal fixation of intertrochanteric hip fractures have not previously been attributed to osteomyelitis. We report a unique case of a 63-year-old man with isolated subclinical osteomyelitis of the femoral neck causing ischemic necrosis and subcapital fracture after sliding screw plate fixation of an ipsilateral intertrochanteric fracture.