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Recent Concept for Management of Femoral Neck Fracture Non-Union in Young Adults

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  • Mohamed Mansour Elzohairy

    (Assistant professor of Orthopaedic surgery faculty of medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt)

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Fractures of the neck of femur in young adults tend, unlike their counterparts in older people, to be a relatively higher-energy injury and require timely and meticulous diagnosis and management [1-4]. Anatomical reduction and stable internal fixation are essentials for achieving the goals of treatment in this young population allowing preservation of the femoral head while minimizing rates of non-union and osteonecrosis [1]. A delayed presentation of fracture of the femoral neck is one where there is a delay of 48 hours to 20 days between injury and diagnosis, whereas in a neglected fracture, this delay is in excess of 21 days [3]. While all femoral neck fractures are life-changing injuries, the neglected fracture in a young adult below the age of 60 years is one of the most challenging to treat and arguably has the most at stake [2].

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  • Mohamed Mansour Elzohairy, 2017. "Recent Concept for Management of Femoral Neck Fracture Non-Union in Young Adults," Orthopedics and Rheumatology Open Access Journals, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 6(4), pages 66-72, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:adp:joroaj:v:6:y:2017:i:4:p:66-72
    DOI: 10.19080/OROAJ.2017.06.555693
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