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Tratamiento de la pseudoartrosis de
fracturas intertrocantéreas: a propósito
de dos casos
Treatment of non-union of
intertrochanteric fractures: two cases
report
Resumen. Las fracturas intertrocantereas se tratan en la mayo- Summary. Most intertrochanteric fractures can be treated
ría de los casos mediante fijación interna con una tasa de éxi- successfully with internal fixation. Nevertheless, in a small
tos cercana al 100%. En el caso de fracaso se puede optar por percentage of patients, the fracture fails to heal. The two
la re-osteosíntesis o por la reconversión a artroplastia de mains treatment options are internal fixation of the ununited
cadera. Se presenta un caso de cada solución. Caso 1: pacien- fracture or salvage treatment with a hip arthroplasty. We pre-
te 69 años que presenta fractura pertrocanterea intervenida sent one case of each treatment. Case 1: female 69 years old
mediante sistema cefalomedular con defectos técnicos; pseu- with intertrochanteric fracture treated by cephalomedullary
doartrosis a los 10 meses, rescate con el mismo sistema de internal fixation system, ten months later the fracture didn´t
fijación interna a foco cerrado y percutáneo con buen resulta- heal. She was re-operated with same internal fixation system
do y sin necrosis aséptica tras cuatro años de seguimiento. without fracture exposure and fracture healed. Case 2: male
Caso 2: paciente 43 años con fractura pertrocanterea interve- 43 years old with intertrochanteric fracture treated with cepa-
nida mediante sistema cefalomedular que presenta “cutout” a lomedullary system, 16 months later it was ununited. It was
los 16 meses, es reintervenido mediante la colocación de una salvaged with hybrid total hip arthroplasty. A is done biblio-
artroplastia total de cadera híbrida. Se realiza revisión de la graphy rewiew.
bibliografía existente sobre el tema.
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