An unusual course of femoral head necrosis complicating an intertrochanteric fracture in a child

Nielsen, P.T.; Thaarup, P.

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 183: 79-81

1984


ISSN/ISBN: 0009-921X
PMID: 6697606
Document Number: 240531
Necrosis of the femoral head following intertrochanteric fracture occurred in a ten-year-old boy. A good anatomic and functional result was obtained by two years of nonweight-bearing. The case illustrates the importance of careful clinical and radiographic follow-up examination in children with intertrochanteric fractures.

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