Treatment of a femoral shaft fracture in a patient with congenital hip disease: A case report

Abstract

Introduction. We present a rare case of two concomitant morbidities treated in one operation. To our knowledge, this is the first report of its kind in the literature. Case presentation. A 57-year-old Greek woman was admitted to the emergency department having sustained a spiral mid-shaft femoral fracture. She also suffered from an ipsilateral hip congenital dysplasia with ankylosed hip joint due to severe arthritis. She was treated with a total hip arthroplasty using a long stem performing as an intramedullary nail. Conclusion. We undertook a complex operative treatment of both co-morbidities in a one stage procedure with a satisfactory clinical result. © 2010Tsakotos et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2. 0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. © 2010 Tsakotos et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.