A NOVEL TECHINIQUE OF POSITIONING ON FRACTURE TABLE FOR SUBTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE FIXATION IN A CONTROLATERAL TRANSFEMORAL AMPUTEE  A CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE.

B. Mohamad Gouse; Korula Mani Jacob; Dr. Alfred Cyril Roy

Volume : V, Issue : I, January - 2016

A NOVEL TECHINIQUE OF POSITIONING ON FRACTURE TABLE FOR SUBTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE FIXATION IN A CONTROLATERAL TRANSFEMORAL AMPUTEE A CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE.

B. Mohamad Gouse, Korula Mani Jacob, Dr. Alfred Cyril Roy

Abstract :

Closed reduction of peritrochanteric fractures are achieved with gradual traction on a fracture table, the contralateral limb being placed in a traction boot and counter–traction applied through the second limb of the fracture table. In patients with transfemoral amputations one is unable to apply routine counter–traction in this fashion. We describe a simple techinique by which we were able to use successfully to apply the necessary counter–traction to the trans–femoral amputation stump in a patient with a contralateral comminuted subtrochanteric fracture. To the best of our knowledge this technique has not been described in literature for use in counter–traction