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Chapter 10 - Lower limb trauma I

from Section 3 - Trauma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 November 2019

By
Rajarshi Bhattacharya  and
Khaled Sarraf
Edited by
Paul A. Banaszkiewicz  and
Deiary F. Kader
Paul A. Banaszkiewicz
Affiliation:
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead
Deiary F. Kader
Affiliation:
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead
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Summary

The radiograph is inadequate because it does not show the full pelvis and hips. Otherwise the radiograph shows a displaced subcapital intracapsular neck of femur fracture. I would obtain radiographs in orthogonal views to assess this fracture and consider requesting a CT scan to more fully understand the fracture pattern if necessary.

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Postgraduate Orthopaedics
Viva Guide for the FRCS (Tr & Orth) Examination
 , pp. 209 - 229
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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