We have reviewed our experience of four iatrogenic femoral neck fractures in 315 consecutive closed intramedullary nailings with the AO/ASIF universal femoral nail. The average neck-shaft angle in the bones that fractured was 139.3 degrees +/- 1.2 degrees SD (136 to 141); in the whole series the average neck-shaft angle was 125.3 degrees +/- 8.6 degrees and only 11 had angles of more than 135 d...

This study explored the surgical method and short-term clinical effect of a greater trochanter osteotomy along with cementless artificial total hip arthroplasty in the treatment of Crowe type IV developmental dysplasia of the hip. The authors conducted a retrospective analysis of 18 patients (22 hips) with Crowe type IV dysplasia who were seen between June 2008 and August 2010. After undergoing...

The aim of the study was to investigate the efficacy of greater trochanteric fixation using a multifilament cable to ensure abductor lever arm continuity in patients with a proximal femoral fracture undergoing partial hip arthroplasty. Mean age of the patients (12 men, 20 women) was 84.12 years. Mean follow-up was 13.06 months. Fixation of the dislocated greater trochanter with or without a cab...

A family of 4 is described in which both children had calcific periarthritis affecting the shoulders, and the mother had radiological evidence of periarticular calcification near the left greater trochanter.

Nine cases of abduction contracture of the hip in children from contracture of the gluteus maximus muscle are reported. Division of the aponeurosis glutens maximus over the greater trochanter always permitted full adduction.

This review deals with thirty-eight patients with tuberculosis of the greater trochanter treated throughout or partly at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital during the last twenty-five years. In thirty-five cases the diagnosis was confirmed by culture, histology or guinea)ig illoculation. In the other three cases we considered that tile clinical and radiographic findings justified their inc...

We describe an anterior trochanteric muscle pedicle graft based on the gluteus medius and its neurovascu!ar supply. Vascular injection and anatomical dissection were done in four cadavers to study the blood supply of this pedicle graft. The ascending branch of the superior gluteal artery was found to skirt the rim of the iliac crest to supply the gluteus medius and minimus muscles. The descendi...

Introduction: Traumati c anterior dislocation of the hip is not common and open perineal variant of the inferior type of anterior dislocation is an even rare event. Case Presentation: We report a case of open perineal variant of the inferior type of anterior hip dislocation, with concomitant fracture of the femoral head and greater trochanter, in a 17-year-old male patient. Closed reduction of ...

It has been shown that the incidence of hip fracture in the elderly may be influenced by the type of floor covering commonly used in homes for the elderly. This study describes the development of a method for modelling a fall during a hip fracture event, to examine the influence of different floors on impact force. An impact transducer is dropped in free fall through a smooth plastic tube. The ...