Favorable Outcome Twenty-Two Months after Delbet Type Ib Capital Femoral Transepiphyseal Fracture and Posterior Column Acetabular Fracture in a Fifteen-Year-Old Male

Case. A fifteen-year-old male patient sustained a posteriorly dislocated right capital femoral Delbet type Ib epiphyseal fracture-separation and a right acetabular posterior column fracture after a low-energy trip and fall. The capital femoral epiphysis was closed reduced and fixed with cannulated s...

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Main Authors: Saranya A. Sethuraman, Ashlyn S. Morse, Javier Z. Guzman, Robert Cristofaro, David E. Asprinio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Orthopedics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/1843367
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author Saranya A. Sethuraman
Ashlyn S. Morse
Javier Z. Guzman
Robert Cristofaro
David E. Asprinio
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Ashlyn S. Morse
Javier Z. Guzman
Robert Cristofaro
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description Case. A fifteen-year-old male patient sustained a posteriorly dislocated right capital femoral Delbet type Ib epiphyseal fracture-separation and a right acetabular posterior column fracture after a low-energy trip and fall. The capital femoral epiphysis was closed reduced and fixed with cannulated screws on an urgent basis. He underwent acetabular osteosynthesis via a Kocher-Langenbeck approach two days thereafter. Twenty-two months after injury, he was weight-bearing on the right lower extremity without radiologic evidence of avascular necrosis or clinical evidence of pain or functional deficit. Conclusion. Fracture-separation of the capital femoral epiphysis comprises only 8% of skeletally immature femoral neck fractures in the Delbet and Colonna classification. Prognosis is worse with ipsilateral hip dislocation due to the risk of avascular necrosis from disruption of the medial femoral circumflex artery. Urgent referral to a trauma center and treatment by appropriate specialists enables good long-term results after this uncommon traumatic injury pattern.
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spelling doaj-art-6d3875bc8c8c494d85a167d324ccf8692025-08-20T02:24:03ZengWileyCase Reports in Orthopedics2090-67572022-01-01202210.1155/2022/1843367Favorable Outcome Twenty-Two Months after Delbet Type Ib Capital Femoral Transepiphyseal Fracture and Posterior Column Acetabular Fracture in a Fifteen-Year-Old MaleSaranya A. Sethuraman0Ashlyn S. Morse1Javier Z. Guzman2Robert Cristofaro3David E. Asprinio4Westchester Medical CenterWestchester Medical CenterMercy Medical CenterWestchester Medical CenterWestchester Medical CenterCase. A fifteen-year-old male patient sustained a posteriorly dislocated right capital femoral Delbet type Ib epiphyseal fracture-separation and a right acetabular posterior column fracture after a low-energy trip and fall. The capital femoral epiphysis was closed reduced and fixed with cannulated screws on an urgent basis. He underwent acetabular osteosynthesis via a Kocher-Langenbeck approach two days thereafter. Twenty-two months after injury, he was weight-bearing on the right lower extremity without radiologic evidence of avascular necrosis or clinical evidence of pain or functional deficit. Conclusion. Fracture-separation of the capital femoral epiphysis comprises only 8% of skeletally immature femoral neck fractures in the Delbet and Colonna classification. Prognosis is worse with ipsilateral hip dislocation due to the risk of avascular necrosis from disruption of the medial femoral circumflex artery. Urgent referral to a trauma center and treatment by appropriate specialists enables good long-term results after this uncommon traumatic injury pattern.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/1843367
spellingShingle Saranya A. Sethuraman
Ashlyn S. Morse
Javier Z. Guzman
Robert Cristofaro
David E. Asprinio
Favorable Outcome Twenty-Two Months after Delbet Type Ib Capital Femoral Transepiphyseal Fracture and Posterior Column Acetabular Fracture in a Fifteen-Year-Old Male
Case Reports in Orthopedics
title Favorable Outcome Twenty-Two Months after Delbet Type Ib Capital Femoral Transepiphyseal Fracture and Posterior Column Acetabular Fracture in a Fifteen-Year-Old Male
title_full Favorable Outcome Twenty-Two Months after Delbet Type Ib Capital Femoral Transepiphyseal Fracture and Posterior Column Acetabular Fracture in a Fifteen-Year-Old Male
title_fullStr Favorable Outcome Twenty-Two Months after Delbet Type Ib Capital Femoral Transepiphyseal Fracture and Posterior Column Acetabular Fracture in a Fifteen-Year-Old Male
title_full_unstemmed Favorable Outcome Twenty-Two Months after Delbet Type Ib Capital Femoral Transepiphyseal Fracture and Posterior Column Acetabular Fracture in a Fifteen-Year-Old Male
title_short Favorable Outcome Twenty-Two Months after Delbet Type Ib Capital Femoral Transepiphyseal Fracture and Posterior Column Acetabular Fracture in a Fifteen-Year-Old Male
title_sort favorable outcome twenty two months after delbet type ib capital femoral transepiphyseal fracture and posterior column acetabular fracture in a fifteen year old male
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/1843367
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