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case_images: Preoperative radiographic examination of both hips in AP view of a patient with bilateral simultaneous hip fracture with different pattern showed a trochanteric fracture of the right and a subcapital fracture of the left.
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case_images: The patient underwent a pelvic radiographic examination followed by a CT scan which showed a trochanteric fracture of the right femur and a subcapital fracture on the left (Figs. 1, 2).
case_images: Preoperative CT scan of both hips confirmed the radiographic diagnosis and excluded pathological fractures.
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case_images: The patient underwent a pelvic radiographic examination followed by a CT scan which showed a trochanteric fracture of the right femur and a subcapital fracture on the left (Figs. 1, 2). The CT scan showed no evidence of pathological fractures (Fig. 2).
case_images: Postoperative radiographic examination of the hip in AP view of the same patient surgically treated by ORIF with an intramedullary nail on the right and by hemiarthroplasty on the left.
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case_images: The post-operative radiographic examination showed good reduction and stabilization of the right femur and a well-positioned hemiarthroplasty on the left (Fig. 3).