Treatment Options

  • External bone stimulator, settle to a stable position and heal
  • Re-reduction and re-fixation (cannulated screws)
  • Re-reduction and re-fixation (cannulated screws), and iliac crest bone graft
  • Re-reduction and re-fixation (cannulated screws), fibular strut graft, remove femoral nail, and replace with plate or retrograde nail the shaft
  • Re-reduction and re-fixation (cannulated screws), vascularized fibula graft, remove femoral nail, and replace with plate or retrograde nail the shaft
  • Re-reduction and re-fixation (cannulated screws),  Myers muscle pedicle graft, remove femoral nail, and placement of a retrograde nail or plate the shaft
  • Intertrochanteric valgus osteotomy, remove the femoral nail, and plate or retrograde nail the shaft
  • Endoprosthetic joint replacement, remove femoral nail, and plate or retrograde nail the shaft

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