Case Report

Intramedullary Nail Fixation with Autologous Bone Marrow Transplantation in an Incomplete Atypical Femoral Fracture Patient: Use of Bone Marrow Extracted from the Hollow Reamer

Figure 1

Anteroposterior radiograph showing a transverse thin fracture line with localized periosteal and endosteal thickening at the left subtrochanteric lateral cortex (a). Coronal STIR image showing focal cortical thickening with minimal edema of the adjacent bone marrow (b). Anteroposterior radiographs showing fracture region just after surgery (c) and complete bone repair at 7 months after surgery (d).
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