Combined trochanteric and ipsilateral shaft fractures of the femur treated with the Zickel device: a case report.

An unusual double fracture of the femur in the trochanteric and shaft areas of a 39-year-old clerical worker has been successfully treated by open reduction and internal fixation with the Zickel device. Only one other instance of the application of this method to a double fracture seems to have been reported previously. Recovery was uneventful, prompt, and the patient showed good evidence of healing at the 10-month followup examination. The described case represents the seventh report of this unusual lesion in the literature.