Open AccessModified valgus osteotomy of the femoral neck for late presenting femoral neck stress fractures in military recruits
Author(s) -
Ramesh Kumar Sen,
Sujit Kumar Trıpathy,
Sakthivel Rajan Rajaram Manoharan,
Somya Chakrabarty
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5413.118209
Subject(s) - medicine , femoral neck , valgus , stress fractures , nonunion , osteotomy , valgus deformity , orthopedic surgery , surgery , deformity , orthodontics , osteoporosis
Neglected or late presenting femoral neck stress fractures are often associated with varus deformity, with potential risks of nonunion and osteonecrosis. We proposed a surgical technique whereby a wedge osteotomy was performed at the basal part of the neck, on the tensile surface, keeping the inferomedial femoral neck as a hinge. The femoral shaft was abducted to close the osteotomy site and it was fixed with three cannulated cancellous screws. Three military recruits who presented with neglected femoral neck stress fracture with varus deformity were operated on with the proposed modified femoral neck valgus osteotomy. All the fractures united without any complications and the patients resumed their professional activity.