Fig. 3.

a Postoperative AP radiograph of a 28-year-old male who sustained a gunshot wound to the left hip and presented with a Pipkin III fracture of the femoral neck and head. Minifragment screws were used for femoral head fixation; cannulated screws were used for femoral neck fixation. b Three-month follow-up AP radiograph of the patient shown in a. Radiographs show catastrophic failure of fixation that required conversion to a total hip arthroplasty