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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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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).
Preoperative CT scan of both hips confirmed the radiographic diagnosis and excluded pathological fractures.
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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).
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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The post-operative radiographic examination showed good reduction and stabilization of the right femur and a well-positioned hemiarthroplasty on the left (Fig. 3).