Erschienen in:
01.12.2014 | Case Report
Combination of multi-osteosynthesis devices for femoral trochanteric fracture of gigantism
verfasst von:
Tomonori Baba, Kentaro Futamura, Kohei Aoki, Yasuhiro Homma, Katsuo Shitoto, Kazuo Kaneko
Erschienen in:
European Orthopaedics and Traumatology
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Ausgabe 4/2014
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Excerpt
Gigantism refers to a condition characterized by extreme physical size and stature. In skeletal-related complications, an arthropathy and vertebral fractures resulting from bone fragility may be a complication, but there are few reports on fractures of the extremities. We treated femoral trochanteric fracture in a gigantism patient with a combination of multi-osteosynthesis device. …