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Displaced subcapital fracture of the hip in transient osteoporosis of pregnancy

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Summary. We describe a case of displaced subcapital fracture of the hip in a woman in the third trimester of her first pregnancy. A pathological fracture occurred in a previously painful hip, and radiographs showed pronounced osteopenia of the femoral head and neck. Closed reduction and internal fixation was carried out 2 weeks after delivery when the osteopenia was still severe. Healing of the fracture followed with recovery of hip movements.

Résumé. Nous décrivons un cas de fracture sous-capitale de la hanche, chez une femme dans son troisième trimestre de sa première grossesse. La fracture pathologique s’est produite sur une hanche, préalablement douloureuse. En radiographiant la lèsion, la déminéralisation osseuse de la tete et du col du fémur a été constatée. Le traitement chirurgical par réduction et ostéosynthése, deux semaines après l’accouchement, alons que l’insuffisance mentionée était encore bien expressive, a conduit à une consolidation efficace. Ce traitement favorise aussi les mouvements d’articulation de la hanche.

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Accepted: 23 September 1996

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Fokter, S., Vengust, V. Displaced subcapital fracture of the hip in transient osteoporosis of pregnancy . International Orthopaedics SICOT 21, 201–203 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002640050150

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