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Orthopaedic Internal Fixation Failure

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	Date/Time	Made By	Edit Note	Type	Scope
	Oct 18 2010, 5:30 AM EDT	M.J.Fuller		edit	8 words added 15 words deleted
Change: two partially threaded cancellous screws in the femorala neck/head.cephalomedullary nail.This is the AP image from the image intensifier as saved during the operation.Lateral of sameThe patient represented to hospital with unexplained left hip pain 12 View changes from previous version. (Word count: 264)
	Oct 18 2010, 5:23 AM EDT	M.J.Fuller		edit	1 word added 1 word deleted
Change: fomoralfemoral neck/head. This is the AP image from the image intensifier as saved during the operation.Lateral of sameThe patient represented to hospital with unexplained left hip pain 12 months after the operation. The patient was examined and left hip radiography was requested.The two screws View changes from previous version. (Word count: 272)
	Oct 18 2010, 5:22 AM EDT	M.J.Fuller		edit	147 words added 4 images added
Change: of the screws in the hip joint.CommentThis not so much a surgical hardware failure as a bone failure. Elderly female patients are particularly susceptible to bone softening associated with osteoporosis. It is the patient's weak bone that has caused this failure. View changes from previous version. (Word count: 272)
	Dec 18 2009, 6:29 PM EST	M.J.Fuller		edit	3 words added 1 word deleted
Change: routine follow-up assessment of a fractured left neck of humerus,humerus. The fractured neck of humerus had previously been surgically treated with a plate and screws.There is minimal evidence of callus formation. There is a fracture of the surgical plate.The lateral position is over-rotated. View changes from previous version. (Word count: 123)
	Dec 18 2009, 6:28 PM EST	M.J.Fuller		edit	66 words added 1 word deleted 2 images added
Change: The 74 year old male presented to the Fracture Clinic for follow-up assessment of a fractured left neck of humerus, The fractured neck of humerus had previously been treated with a plate and screws.There is minimal evidence of callus formation. There is a fracture of the surgical plate.The View changes from previous version. (Word count: 121)
	Dec 18 2009, 6:12 PM EST	M.J.Fuller	Rename	rename	No content added or deleted.
Change: Renamed from Internal Fixation Failure by M.J.Fuller Dec 18 2009, 6:12 PM EST for: Rename
	Dec 18 2009, 6:09 PM EST	M.J.Fuller		edit	52 words added
Change: This page demonstrates examples of failure of internal fixation of fractures for a variety of reasons. There are no particular radiographic techniques for these types of cases other than the requirement to be mindful that patients with internally reduced and plated/pinned fratcures can suffer failure of the surgical procedure.Case View changes from previous version. (Word count: 53)
	Dec 18 2009, 6:03 PM EST	M.J.Fuller		create	No content added or deleted.
Change: Created by M.J.Fuller Dec 18 2009, 6:03 PM EST for: no reason given

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