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Review Question - QID 218834

Femoral Shaft Fractures Complications Nonunion and malunion  QID: 218834 (OBQ22.10)
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QID 218834 (Type "218834" in App Search)
You are consulted on an 82-year-old male with a displaced intertrochanteric femur fracture with subtrochanteric extension that he sustained after a fall on ice. You recommend intramedullary nailing on a fracture table. After reduction maneuvers and traction, you are satisfied with the alignment of the fracture. You plan to use a trochanteric start point with a trochanteric cephalomedullary nail. If the guidewire were to be positioned too laterally while obtaining the nail starting point, which of the following deformities would be most likely postoperatively?

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