https://doi.org/10.4081/reumatismo.2015.797

Octogenarian with an untreated femoral neck fracture: upright position during the postoperative course after aortic valve replacement

Vol. 67 No. 1 (2015)
Submitted: 1 October 2014
Accepted: 20 April 2015
Published: 30 June 2015
Aortic valve stenosis, Cardiac surgical procedures, Femoral fractures, Octogenarian, Rehabilitation.
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M. Polastri
gbptap1@gmail.com
Medical Department of Continuity of Care and Disability, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University Hospital S. Orsola Malpighi, Bologna, Italy.
L. Di Marco
Department of Cardiac-Thoracic and Vascular Diseases, Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital S. Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy.
S. Cantagalli
Department of Emergency/Urgency, Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University Hospital S. Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy.
M. Di Eusanio
Department of Cardiac-Thoracic and Vascular Diseases, Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital S. Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy.
We describe a patient with a femoral neck fracture undergoing an aortic valve replacement. The study design was a case report. An 82-year-old female with an untreated right femoral neck fracture, and a severe aortic valve stenosis was admitted to a cardiac surgery department for surgical treatment of the valve disease. She underwent aortic valve replacement with a sutureless biological valve prosthesis through a partial sternotomy. At an early stage, the patient was instructed to make postural changes in the standing position. As a result, she was able to perform body movements associated with either a sitting or standing position. This case shows that appropriate early mobilization of a patient with a femoral neck fracture is feasible after aortic valve replacement, even though this does not necessarily mean that the patient needs to walk.

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Polastri, M., Di Marco, L., Cantagalli, S., & Di Eusanio, M. (2015). Octogenarian with an untreated femoral neck fracture: upright position during the postoperative course after aortic valve replacement. Reumatismo, 67(1), 26–28. https://doi.org/10.4081/reumatismo.2015.797

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