TITLE:
Consolidation of a Femoral Neck Fracture in Sickle Cell Disease Patient after Surgical Abstention: A Beneficial and Favorable Outcome
AUTHORS:
Marc Leroy Guifo, Albert Desiré Atangana Fouda, Faustin Atemkeng Tsatedem, Emini Ngono, Mengale Ntang, Ulrich Bisay Souhe, Ginette Kalla
KEYWORDS:
Sickle Cell Disease, Fracture, Femoral Neck, Osteomyelitis
JOURNAL NAME:
Surgical Science,
Vol.15 No.7,
July
18,
2024
ABSTRACT: Femoral neck fracture is classically a traumatic pathology in the elderly but it can also occur in young people during a road traffic accident or occasionally when the femoral neck has been weakened by a pathological process. In sickle cell patients, the hip is often subjected to aseptic necrosis. The authors report the case of the child NL, aged 5 years and 4 months in whom a fracture of the femoral neck classified Delbet 3 was found as well as his sickle cell status discovered and in whom treatment by surgical abstention was carried out with a favorable evolution. This association of factors of the femoral head necrosis or nonunion is unusual and confirms the osteogenetic potential of a child. However, monitoring is necessary because other anomalies may reveal themselves.