Scripta Medica (Jan 2015)
Polytrauma followed by hip and vertebral fracture in elderly patients after traffic accident
Abstract
Elderly patients with multiple trauma are extremely fragile, hence early fracture stabilization provides an early mobility. The literature shows that early stabilization increases survival and reduces complications. We present a case report of a 79-year- old woman who was in a car accident and sustained unstable lumbar fracture L2 and sub trochanteric hip fracture.