The Repair of an Acute Pathological Subtrochanteric Femur Fracture Using an Adult 3.5-mm Proximal Humerus Locking Plate in an Adolescent Patient: A Case Report
- Newbury, Alex
- Aurigemma, Philip
- Kraus, Mark T.
- Most, Mathew J.
Publication date
April 2020
DOI Publisher
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)Abstract
CASE: We report a novel case of the successful repair of a pathological fracture of a 14-year-old boy\u27s proximal femur using open reduction and internal fixation with an adult 3.5-mm proximal humerus locking plate. CONCLUSION: Successful repair of a pediatric pathologic femur fracture due to an aneurysmal bone cyst may be achieved using an adult proximal humerus locking plate in select patients
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