Peri-implant proximal femur fracture in a poliomyelitis survivor: A surgical and medical challenge.

KEY CLINICAL MESSAGE: The treatment of long bone fractures in post-polio survivors is indubitably an exacting task. Out of this complicated case presented in this paper, it can be deduced that it is attainable to repair a peri-implant subtrochanteric refracture or a complex non-union of the proximal femur with plate and screws with grafting.

ABSTRACT: Post-polio survivors are prone to low-energy bone fractures. The management of such cases is exigent, as no literature data indicate the best surgical approach. This paper presents an intricate peri-implant proximal femoral fracture in a polio survivor treated in our institution and accentuates the various challenges we encountered.