Surgical Management of Subtrochanteric Fracture with Intramedullary Nailing in Osteopetrosis – A Rare Case Report
Prasanna Anaberu, Deepak Kumar, Madhan Jeyaraman, Vijay Kumar & Jitesh Lamba · Asian Journal of Orthopaedic Research · 2019
Background: Osteopetrosis, also called as “Osteosclerosis”, “Marble bone disease” or “Albers-Schonberg disease, is an extremely rare inherited sclerotic bone disorder. The primary defect in osteopetrosis is due to mutation in CLCN-7 gene. Osteopetrosis is marked by increased bone...
Open access
Research Article