Outcomes Following the Urgent Surgical Management of Displaced Femoral Neck Stress Fractures.

Objectives: To review the clinical course, complication rates, and mid-term functional outcomes associated with the treatment of displaced femoral neck stress fractures (FNSFs).

Design: Retrospective Case Series.

Setting: Military Tertiary Referral Center.

The dangers of damage control orthopedics: a case report of vascular injury after femoral fracture external fixation.

Background: Placement of external fixation frames is an expedient and minimally invasive method of achieving bone and joint stability in the setting of severe trauma. Although anatomic safe zones are established for placement of external fixation pins, neurovascular structures may be at risk in the setting of severe trauma.

Case Report: We present a case of a 21-year-old female involved in a high speed motorcycle accident who sustained a Type IIIB open segmental femur fracture with significant thigh soft tissue injury.