Modified valgus osteotomy of the femoral neck for late presenting femoral neck stress fractures in military recruits

作者：Sen Ramesh Kumar; Tripathy Sujit Kumar^*; Manoharan Shakthivel R R; Chakrabarty Somya

来源：Indian Journal of Orthopaedics, 2013, 47(5): 510-514.

DOI：10.4103/0019-5413.118209

• Neglected
• femoral neck fracture
• stress fracture
• valgus osteotomy

Neglected or late presenting femoral neck stress fractures are often associated with varus deformity, with potential risks of nonunion and osteonecrosis. We proposed a surgical technique whereby a wedge osteotomy was performed at the basal part of the neck, on the tensile surface, keeping the inferomedial femoral neck as a hinge. The femoral shaft was abducted to close the osteotomy site and it was fixed with three cannulated cancellous screws. Three military recruits who presented with neglected femoral neck stress fracture with varus deformity were operated on with the proposed modified femoral neck valgus osteotomy. All the fractures united without any complications and the patients resumed their professional activity.

• 出版日期2013-10
• 单位河北医科大学