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Reconstruction femoral nailing for nonunion of subtrochanteric fracture

A revision technique following dynamic condylar screw failure

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We report two cases of nonunion of subtrochanteric fractures associated with failure of fixation with a dynamic condylar screw (DCS) due to plate fracture. In both cases the nonunion was successfully treated by insertion of a reconstruction femoral nail. This implant allowed early weightbearing despite the patients’ advanced age and poor bone quality. We did not perform direct bone grafting and the fractures healed without complication.

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Les auteurs rapportent deux cas de pseudarthrose après fracture sous-trochantérienne du fémur associée à une rupture du matériel d’ostéosynthèse. Il s’agissait de plaques vissées à vissage épiphysaire dynamique (dynamic condylar screw: DCS) qui se sont rompues au niveau de la plaque. Dans les deux cas, la consolidation a été obtenue par la mise en place d’un clou fémoral de reconstruction. Ce type d’ostéosynthèse autorise un appui complet précoce malgré l’âge avancé des patients et la mauvaise qualité de l’os. Une greffe osseuse n’a pas été nécessaire et les fractures ont consolidé sans complication.

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Accepted: 6 June 1995

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Charnley, G., Ward, A. Reconstruction femoral nailing for nonunion of subtrochanteric fracture . International Orthopaedics SICOT 20, 55–57 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002640050028

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