Second femur fracture after hemiarthroplasty of the hip: salvage procedure by Partridge bands and long-stemmed prosthesis.

We report on a technique for stabilising a femoral shaft fracture occurring between a cementless hip prosthesis and a distal plate in an elderly patient. We used a long-stemmed Austin-Moore hemiarthroplasty and removed all but the most distal screws, encircling the whole femur with Partridge nylon bands.