The Clamshell Fracture and Adjunctive Acetabuloplasty in the Arthroscopic Osteosynthesis of Femoral Head Fractures With Femoroacetabular Impingement

The clamshell fracture of the femoral head and its arthroscopic osteosynthesis are described. This suprafoveal osteochondral fracture may have folded onto itself during closed reduction of the associated anterior hip dislocation. The resultant fracture fragment had almost circumferential chondral co...

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Main Author: Dean K. Matsuda, M.D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-09-01
Series:Arthroscopy Techniques
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221262871100003X