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ArticleCureus2023

Incomplete Atypical Femoral Fracture With Severe Bowing Treated by Intramedullary Nail and Corrective Osteotomy.

Shinsuke Sato, Daisuke Kitamura, Shuhei Murase, Yuji Tanaka, Kiyofumi Yamakawa

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shinsuke SatoDepartment of Orthopaedics, Tokyo Metropolitan Bokutoh Hospital, Tokyo, JPN.
Daisuke KitamuraDepartment of Orthopaedics, Tokyo Metropolitan Bokutoh Hospital, Tokyo, JPN.
Shuhei MuraseDepartment of Orthopaedics, Tokyo Metropolitan Bokutoh Hospital, Tokyo, JPN.
Yuji TanakaDepartment of Orthopaedics, Tokyo Metropolitan Bokutoh Hospital, Tokyo, JPN.
Kiyofumi YamakawaDepartment of Orthopaedics, Tokyo Metropolitan Bokutoh Hospital, Tokyo, JPN.
Tokyo Metropolitan Bokutoh Hospital · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present the case of an 82-year-old female who had difficulty walking due to right thigh pain caused by incomplete atypical femoral fracture (AFF). The femoral bowing was so severe that intramedullary nail insertion was impossible, so we performed a corrective osteotomy of the femur and inserted the intramedullary nail. Postoperatively, the femoral pain disappeared, and bone fusion was achieved at one year and two months postoperatively. In cases of incomplete AFF with very severe femoral bowing, internal fixation with an intramedullary nail combined with corrective osteotomy of the femur is useful.

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corrective osteotomyincomplete atypical femoral fractureintramedullary nailsurgical technique guidetrauma

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PMID37252474
PMCPMC10224705
OpenAlexW4367060289

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