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Failure of a Rotation Control Gamma 3 Lag Screw Used to Treat a Trochanteric Fracture

  • Choi, Kyungho (Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hallym University Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Yongtae (Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hallym University Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine) ;
  • Zhou, Shicheng (Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Second Hospital of Jilin University) ;
  • Hwang, Jihyo (Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hallym University Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine)
  • Received : 2017.12.13
  • Accepted : 2018.01.22
  • Published : 2018.06.30
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Abstract

Gamma 3 rotation control lag screws (U-blade) are particularly useful when treating rotational and unstable fractures of the proximal femur. A 93-year-old woman who underwent closed reduction of a trochanteric fracture and internal fixation with a Gamma 3 nail rotation control lag screw. The patient presented with metal failure and U-blade bending following a fall occurring 4 weeks after surgery. Here, we present a case report summarizing removal of the failed lag screw.

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