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AP (a) and lateral (b) radiographic views of the left hip and thigh after the patient fell off his bicycle.
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The patient was evaluated and diagnosed with a closed left subtrochanteric femur fracture (Figure 1).
Radiographs 7 months after intramedullary fixation show a healed subtrochanteric fracture and no evidence of progression of the slip.
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His recovery was uneventful, and postoperative radiographs taken seven months after surgery are shown in Figure 2.