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Femoral fractures
FIGURE 5-22. A,B: Anteroposterior (AP) and lateral x-rays showing an undisplaced intertrochanteric fracture in a 30-year-old laborer who fell 12 feet onto his hip while at work. He was treated symptomatically with bed rest for 2 days and then was up on crutches and out of the hospital. C,D: AP and lateral x-rays show healing evident at 4 weeks when the patient was able to return to work on a full-time basis. It's questionable whether this would have been likely if he had been treated with ...
FIGURE 5-22. A,B: Anteroposterior (AP) and lateral x-rays showing an undisplaced intertrochanteric fracture in a 30-year-old laborer who ...
FIGURE 23-2. Intertrochanteric fractures: sliding hip screw. Stable fracture. Notice that the posteromedial cortex remains intact.
FIG. 22.32. A Salter-Harris type II fracture of the right distal femoral physis in a 9-year-old boy. Widening of the growth plate is seen medially (large arrow), and a small metaphyseal fragment has been displaced laterally (small arrow). Closed reduction was successful. In an adult, the same mechanism of injury would have resulted in a medial collateral ligament sprain or tear.
FIG. 22.32. A Salter-Harris type II fracture of the right distal femoral physis in a 9-year-old boy. Widening of the growth plate is seen ...
<bold>FIGURE 113.41</bold> (<i>A</i>) Salter-Harris type III epiphyseal fracture of the medial femoral condyle in 14-year-old boy. (<i>B</i>) Anteroposterior radiograph after anatomic open reduction and internal fixation with cannulated lag screws. (<i>C</i>) Postoperative lateral radiograph of type III medial femoral condylar epiphyseal fracture. Note that lag screws avoid the growth plate on both views. Premature closure of the medial portion of d...
<bold>FIGURE 113.41</bold> (<i>A</i>) Salter-Harris type III epiphyseal fracture of the medial femoral condyle in ...
FIGURE 16-3. Anteroposterior radiograph of a 62-year-old patient's distal femur. The patient had pain for 4 weeks before sustaining a nondisplaced fracture through a lesion in her distal lateral femur. Its appearance on the plain radiograph is suggestive of a metastatic lesion. No other lesions were found and a biopsy was done. The lesion proved to be a primary malignant fibrohistiocytoma of bone. She had a limb salvage resection after preoperative chemotherapy.
FIGURE 16-3. Anteroposterior radiograph of a 62-year-old patient's distal femur. The patient had pain for 4 weeks before sustaining a nond...