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ArticleTrauma case reports2020

The rendezvous technique for the treatment of ipsilateral femoral neck and shaft fractures: A case series.

Seun Harewood, Marlon M Mencia, Patrick Harnarayan

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Article in Trauma case reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Seun HarewoodDepartment of Surgery, Scarborough General Hospital, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago.
Marlon M MenciaDepartment of Clinical Surgical Sciences, University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago.
Patrick HarnarayanDepartment of Clinical Surgical Sciences, University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago.
University of the West Indies · TTUniversity of Trinidad and Tobago · TT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Concomitant ipsilateral femoral neck and shaft fractures are uncommon high-energy injuries characteristically occurring in young adults. Between 75 and 100% of these injuries occur in association with polytrauma to other organ systems. Associated femoral neck fractures are typically undisplaced, occurring in 2-9% of all femoral shaft fractures. These injuries present both technical and infrastructural challenges particularly in a low resource environment. Several methods of treatment have been used to successfully treat these fractures but there exists no consensus about the optimal management strategy. The "rendezvous" technique using dual implants in an overlapping fashion has been proposed as one method to treat these fractures. We present three cases of ipsilateral hip and femoral shaft fractures which were satisfactorily treated using this technique. The "rendezvous" technique is a simple method, with a good clinical outcome and a low complication rate that can be used to treat ipsilateral femoral neck and shaft fractures.

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FemoralFractureHipIpsilateralRendezvous

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PMID32793794
PMCPMC7413999
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