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Case reports: A subtrochanteric femur fracture with long intramedullary femorotibial nail for knee arthrodesis.

Torga-Spak R, Gugala Z, Lindsey RW

Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA. rtorgaspak@hotmail.com

We present a case report of a patient who had a transverse subtrochanteric femur fracture develop 2 months after uneventful placement of a long femorotibial intramedullary nail for knee arthrodesis. To date, diaphyseal fracture of a femur already stabilized with an intramedullary nail has not been reported. The possible etiology for this unusual complication is discussed.

Published 8 March 2006 in Clin Orthop Relat Res, 444: 256-60.
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