Bilateral Distal Femoral Nailing in a Rare Symmetrical Periprosthetic Knee Fracture

The authors report a case of a 78-year-old polytrauma patient, with severe thoracic trauma and bilateral symmetrical periprosthetic femoral fractures after a violent car accident. After the primary survey, with the thoracic trauma stabilized, neurovascular lesions excluded, and provisional immobiliz...

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Main Author: Carvalho, M (author)
Other Authors: Fonseca, R (author), Simões, P (author), Bahute, A (author), Mendonça, A (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.4/1743
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:rihuc.huc.min-saude.pt:10400.4/1743