Owww - Poor Bone Density!!!
This is old age - be careful - it can sneak up on you at any time.
So, old person + slip and fall = Complex fracture through the distal left femoral metadiaphysis, displaced posterior to proximal femur, multiple free butterfly fragments*.
This 80 y/o won't be doing the conga anytime soon.
Comminuted left hip intertrochanteric fracture.
Medial superior and inferior pubic rami fracture.
I'm getting really sick of x-raying little ( 7-10y/o) kids injured in contact sports. This little boy was playing tackle football and he was wearing all the right protective equipment. It wasn't a pick-up game in someones backyard.
His parents were surprised that he had a broken femur. "It was just a little kid. (that tackled their son and broke his femur)" the dad said.
When you go to a Mighty Midgets' (or whatever their team is called) game and there's an ambulance and paramedic crew parked on the sideline it indicates that this might be a dangerous sport.
This is the fifth femur fx on a child under 10 that I have done in the last 2 months.
