PFN SURGERY FOR HIP ( TROCHANTERIC) FRACTURE IN A 80 YEARS OLD FEMALE
A 80 YEARS OLD FEMALE SUSTAINED FRACTURE LEFT HIP (TROCHANTERIC FRACTURE), FOLLOWING SLIP AND FALL AT HOME.
SHE VISITED DR PANKAJ ORTHO CENTRE SECTOR 77, NOIDA. XRAY SHOWED FRACTURE INTERTROCHANTERIC FEMUR , FOR WHICH SHE WAS OPERATED WITH PFN (PROXIMAL FEMORAL NAIL) . THIS IMPLANT GIVES BETTER FIXATION, HELPS IN EARLY MOBILIZATION.
HIP FRACTURES ARE COMMON IN GERIATRIC FEMALE PATIENTS,AS THEIR BONES ARE OSTEOPOROTIC.
HIP FRACTURE SHOULD BE FIXED TO START EARLY MOBILIZATION OF PATIENT AND TO AVOID COMPLICATIONS LIKE DVT/PE, CHEST, URINE INFECTION, PRESSURE SORES.
TO CONSULT DR PANKAJ KUMAR, SENIOR CONSULTANT ORTHOPAEDIC AND JOINT REPLACEMENT, CALL 9599738924 OR VISIT www.drpankajkumarortho.com
