Gamma nail

Case contributed by Ammar Ashraf
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Pain in the left hip and thigh after a fall.

Patient Data

Age: 70 years
Gender: Female
x-ray

Diffuse osteopenia. Intertrochanteric fracture of the left proximal femur. 

x-ray

Intertrochanteric fracture of the left femur had been internally fixed with a gamma nail/trochanteric nail. Fracture fragments are well aligned. Orthopedic hardware is intact. Postsurgical changes are seen in the soft tissues of the left upper thigh.

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