Displaced Femoral Neck Fracture in a Child Mimicking the Retinacular Flap Technique for Capital Realignment: A Case Report.

CASE: Pediatric femoral neck fractures are rare injuries usually associated with high-energy trauma. We present a grossly displaced femoral neck fracture in a 7-year-old girl due to a high violence road traffic accident, in which the femoral neck had buttonholed medially into the adductors. The management and clinical and radiological outcomes are discussed with relevant literature.

CONCLUSION

This case is reported for its atypical presentation, in which the metaphysis of the proximal femur completely separated from the capital epiphysis and the greater trochanteric apophysis leaving the posterior periosteal flap intact mimicking the retinacular flap technique for capital realignment procedure.