Prophylactic Nailing of Incomplete Atypical Femoral Fractures
Figure 1
(a) A 72-year-old woman had pain in her right thigh with a transverse fracture line and thickening of the lateral cortex in the subtrochanteric area. (b) She underwent internal fixation using a proximal femoral nail. (c) At 13 weeks postoperatively, she had no pain with a dissolution of the fracture line at the lateral cortex.
