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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume, Vol 90-B, Issue 8, 1101-1104.
doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.90B8.19971  
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Osteonecrosis of the femoral head following an electrical injury to the leg

L. Vanderstraeten, FRCS, Associate Specialist in Orthopaedics and Trauma1; and M. Binns, FRCS, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon1

1 Pontefract General Infirmary, Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Friarwood Lane, Pontefract WF8 1PL, UK.

Correspondence should be sent to Mr L. Vanderstraeten; e-mail: louis.vanderstraeten{at}midyorks.nhs.uk

We report a case of osteonecrosis of the femoral head in a young man who is a carrier of the prothrombin gene mutation. We suggest that an electrical injury to his lower limb may have triggered intravascular thrombosis as a result of this mutation with subsequent osteonecrosis of the femoral head. No case of osteonecrosis of the femoral head secondary to a distant electrical injury has previously been reported.






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