Unfallchirurgie

[Bilateral pertrochanteric spontaneous fracture in chronic alcoholism and liver cirrhosis. A case report]

Year 1998
Schuh A. Hausel M.
Unfallchirurgische Abteilung des Klinikums, Weiden.
Fractures of the neck or the pertrochanteric region are often treated with dynamic hip screw especially in elderly patients. We give a case report covering treatment and follow-up for a bilateral spontaneous pertrochanteric fracture in a 45-year-old man as a result of hepatogenetic osteopathy.