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  • Title: Fractures of the femoral neck after healed intertrochanteric fractures: a complication of too short a nail plate fixation. Report of three cases.
    Author: Baker DM.
    Journal: J Trauma; 1975 Jan; 15(1):73-81. PubMed ID: 1117471.
    Abstract:
    Three cases are described in which a femoral neck fracture developed at least 1 year after a healed intertrochanteric fracture of the femur. Trauma via osteoporotic bone is felt to be the cause. To prevent this complication, a nail extending just to the articular cartilage of the hip joint is needed. This can be accomplished by the displacement osteotomy technique or by the use of the sliding nail-plate into the more stable posterior inferior quadrant of the head.
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