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

JBJS Case Connect. 2020 Apr-Jun;10(2):e0491. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.CC.19.00491.

Abstract

Case: We report a novel case of the successful repair of a pathological fracture of a 14-year-old boy's 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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Bone Cysts, Aneurysmal / complications*
  • Bone Plates*
  • Fracture Fixation, Internal / instrumentation*
  • Hip Fractures / etiology
  • Hip Fractures / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Male