Incredible position of broken sliding dynamic hip screw implant in the medial of thigh

We report a case with implant failure after nailing of an unstable pertrochanteric fracture with dynamic hip screw. The patient presented with a medial sided thigh pain at 5 years after the surgery. Plain radiographs showed nonunion of the fracture with distant migration of assembled hip screw and side plate to the subcutaneous area of the inner thigh. Keywords: Dynamic hip screw, Intertrochanteric fracture, Nonunion, Implant failure, Broken devic